finne
\fin\
The verdict
“finne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Veine de matières étrangères, dont la situation est oblique dans le bloc d’ardoises.
Corpus desk
Index FR-finne · finne · French
finne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | finne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fin\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « finne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
finne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Veine de matières étrangères, dont la situation est oblique dans le bloc d’ardoises.".
finne doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is finne, spelled F-I-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Veine de matières étrangères, dont la situation est oblique dans le bloc d’ardoises.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.