finster
\ˈfɪn.stɐ\
The verdict
“finster” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sombre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-finster · finster · French
finster · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | finster |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfɪn.stɐ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
finster is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfɪn.stɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sombre.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for finster, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 finster, spelled F-I-N-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sombre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how finster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dann strichen ihre Augen die langen Mauern der Bastionen hin; manchmal des Nachts hörte sie da die Schreie Ermordeter; und sie bohrte den Blick in die finstern Ecken und abgelegenen Winkel, schwarz von Schmutz und Feuchtigkeit, voller Angst, Lantiers Körper mit aufgeschlitztem Bauch zu entdecken.
Danglars war ein Mann von etwa fünf- bis sechsundzwanzig Jahren, von finsterem Aussehen, unterwürfig gegen seine Vorgesetzten, anmaßend gegen seine Untergebenen.
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.