terminer

\tɛʁ.mi.ne\

/\tɛʁ.mi.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“terminer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,298
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Borner, limiter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-terminer · terminer · French

terminer · rank #3,298 · 12 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,298
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH sérieuse

Nearest frequency peer: sérieuse (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « terminer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « terminer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

terminer vs trainer
75% similar
terminer vs terrier
75% similar
terminer vs terrine
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for terminer
PropertyValue
Headwordterminer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\tɛʁ.mi.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,298
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « terminer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.terminerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sérieuse » (#3,297), « toile » (#3,299), « syndicat » (#3,296). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « terminer » est au #3,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around terminer (IPA \tɛʁ.mi.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,298 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for terminer, with forms such as "etrminer", "temriner", and "terimner". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "trainer", "terrier", "terrine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 terminer, spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Borner, limiter.
  2. 2
    Être à la fin, marquer la fin, mettre un terme.
  3. 3
    Achever ; finir.
  4. 4
    Prendre fin.
  5. 5
    Être terminé (par).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce bois termine agréablement la vue.
  2. Ces montagnes terminent heureusement l’horizon.

Synonyms

acheverbouclerconclurecloreclôturerfinaliserfinirmettre un point finalmettre un termetorcher

This word in other languages

finish(English)acabar(Español)beenden(Deutsch)terminar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etrminer
  • temriner
  • terimner
  • termienr
  • terminerr
  • terminner
  • terminre
  • termminer
  • termnier
  • terrminer
  • treminer
  • tterminer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terminer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

etrminer2temriner2terimner2termienr2terminerr1terminner1terminre2termminer1
Edit distance from "terminer"

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 "terminer"?
"terminer" is spelled T-E-R-M-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛʁ.mi.ne\.
What does "terminer" mean?
As a verb, "terminer" means: Borner, limiter.
What words are commonly confused with "terminer"?
"terminer" is commonly confused with "trainer", "terrier", "terrine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "terminer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "terminer" is \tɛʁ.mi.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "terminer" come from?
"terminer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sérieuse#3,297syndicat#3,296remonter#3,286agissait#3,312

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

vainqueur12 variantsabandonné12 variantspermettra12 variantscanadienne12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list