Which to use
“finies” and “finis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,321
- “finies” frequency rank
- #5,039
- “finis” frequency rank
- 26360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finies | finis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de fini. | Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif fini. |
Same sound, different letters: finies vs finis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. finies runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against finis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - finies and finis
This is the hard kind. finies and finis are pronounced identically (\fi.ni\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finies is recorded at frequency rank #21,321, classified as anadj, pronounced \fi.ni\. finis is at rank #5,039, tagged as anadj, 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 26360, this pair ranks #335,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of finies vs finis
Shared letters: fins. Private to "finies": e. Private to "finis": -.
"finies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "finis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "finies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "finis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #335,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finies" and "finis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Finger vs finies". 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 #335,504 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.