finito

\fi.ni.to\

/\fi.ni.to\/ intj

The verdict

“finito” is uncommon French (frequency #80,211 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,211
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - C'est fini. C'est achevé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-finito · finito · French

finito · rank #80,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,211
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH filler

Nearest frequency peer: filler (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « finito »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « finito » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for finito
PropertyValue
Headwordfinito
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\fi.ni.to\
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,211
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « finito » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.finitotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « filler » (#80,210), « flap » (#80,212), « flashe » (#80,213). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « finito » est au #80,211. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

finito is uncommon French at frequency #80,211 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \fi.ni.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "C'est fini. C'est achevé.".

No misspelling variants are generated for finito in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is finito, spelled F-I-N-I-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    C'est fini. C'est achevé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how finito appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — Où est ta gymnaste ? J’ai entendu dire que tu sortais avec une médaillée olympique. — Finito, déclara-t-il en ouvrant les deux mains. Tu as envie de m’aider à panser mes plaies ?
  2. … que quelqu’un qui parle de préférence nationale contre l’Europe, ce que vous venez de faire, en expliquant que donc le marché européen, finito, que, pareil sur des marchandises …

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "finito"?
"finito" is spelled F-I-N-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is \fi.ni.to\.
What does "finito" mean?
As an interjection, "finito" means: C'est fini. C'est achevé.
How do you pronounce "finito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "finito" is \fi.ni.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "finito" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "finito", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list