Which to use
“finale” and “finalité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #876
- “finale” frequency rank
- #13,385
- “finalité” frequency rank
- 14261
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finale | finalité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie opposant les deux derniers concurrents restant en lice, dans les tournois par élimination. | But, résultat attendu. |
Where the eye mixes finale and finalité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. finale runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against finalité's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: finale vs finalité
A purely visual mix-up. finale (\fi.nal\) and finalité (\fi.na.li.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14261, 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\. finalité is at rank #13,385, tagged as anoun, pronounced \fi.na.li.te\.
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 14261, this pair ranks #397,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of finale vs finalité
Shared letters: afiln. Private to "finale": e. Private to "finalité": té.
"finale" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "finalité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- finale ← ffinale · fianle · finael · finalle · finlae · finnale · fniale · ifnale
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "finale" for "finalité" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "finale" or "finalité" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "finale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "finalité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finale" and "finalité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finalisée vs finalité". 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 #397,456 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.