Which to use
“finalité” and “finalités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,385
- “finalité” frequency rank
- #38,808
- “finalités” frequency rank
- 52193
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finalité | finalités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | But, résultat attendu. | Pluriel de finalité. |
Same sound, different letters: finalité vs finalités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. finalité runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against finalités's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: finalité vs finalités
This is the hard kind. finalité and finalités are pronounced identically (\fi.na.li.te\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “finalité” sits inside “finalités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finalité is recorded at frequency rank #13,385, classified as anoun, pronounced \fi.na.li.te\. finalités is at rank #38,808, 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 52193, this pair ranks #149,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of finalité vs finalités
Shared letters: afilnté. Private to "finalité": -. Private to "finalités": s.
"finalité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "finalités" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "finalité" and "finalités" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "finalité" or "finalités"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "finalité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "finalités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finalité" and "finalités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finalisée vs finalités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #149,439 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.