Which to use
“finie” is an adjective and “finit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,695
- “finie” frequency rank
- #2,125
- “finit” frequency rank
- 9820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finie | finit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de fini. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de finir. |
Same sound, different letters: finie vs finit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. finie (CVCVV) and finit (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - finie and finit
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: finie and finit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \fi.ni\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “finie” becomes t in “finit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finie is recorded at frequency rank #7,695, classified as anadj, pronounced \fi.ni\. finit is at rank #2,125, tagged as averb, pronounced \fi.ni\.
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 9820, this pair ranks #415,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of finie vs finit
Shared letters: fin. Private to "finie": e. Private to "finit": t.
"finie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "finit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "finie" and "finit" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "finie" or "finit"?
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 "finie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "finit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finie" and "finit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Finger vs finie". 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 #415,282 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.