Which to use
“finale” is a noun and “finales” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #876
- “finale” frequency rank
- #6,396
- “finales” frequency rank
- 7272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finale | finales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie opposant les deux derniers concurrents restant en lice, dans les tournois par élimination. | Féminin pluriel de final. |
Same sound, different letters: finale vs finales
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - finale and finales
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: finale and finales carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fi.nal\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “finale” sits inside “finales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finale is recorded at frequency rank #876, classified as anoun, pronounced \fi.nal\. finales is at rank #6,396, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fi.nal\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 7272, this pair ranks #423,651 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of finale vs finales
Shared letters: aefiln. Private to "finale": -. Private to "finales": s.
"finale" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "finales" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "finale" for "finales" ever safe?
Frequency check: "finale" vs "finales" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "finale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "finales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,651 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finale" and "finales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finales vs fioles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #423,651 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.