Which to use
“finaliste” and “finalistes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,384
- “finaliste” frequency rank
- #15,381
- “finalistes” frequency rank
- 28765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finaliste | finalistes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est qualifié pour la finale, qui participe ou a participé à la finale, dans des tournois par élimination. | Pluriel de finaliste. |
Same sound, different letters: finaliste vs finalistes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. finaliste runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCV) against finalistes's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: finaliste vs finalistes
This is the hard kind. finaliste and finalistes are pronounced identically (\fi.nal.ist\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “finaliste” sits inside “finalistes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finaliste is recorded at frequency rank #13,384, classified as anadj, pronounced \fi.nal.ist\. finalistes is at rank #15,381, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fi.na.list\.
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 28765, this pair ranks #320,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of finaliste vs finalistes
Shared letters: aefilnst. Private to "finaliste": -. Private to "finalistes": -.
"finaliste" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "finalistes" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- finaliste ← ffinaliste · fianliste · finailste · finaliset · finalisste · finalistte · finalitse · finalliste
- finalistes ← ffinalistes · fianlistes · finailstes · finalisets · finalisstes · finalistess · finalistse · finalisttes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "finaliste" and "finalistes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "finaliste" or "finalistes"?
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 "finaliste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "finalistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finaliste" and "finalistes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finalisée vs finalistes". 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 #320,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.