Which to use
“finisse” and “finissent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,872
- “finisse” frequency rank
- #6,299
- “finissent” frequency rank
- 17171
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finisse | finissent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de finir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de finir. |
Same sound, different letters: finisse vs finissent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. finisse runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against finissent's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - finisse / finissent
This is the hard kind. finisse and finissent are pronounced identically (\fi.nis\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “finisse” sits inside “finissent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finisse is recorded at frequency rank #10,872, classified as averb, pronounced \fi.nis\. finissent is at rank #6,299, tagged as averb, pronounced \fi.nis\.
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 17171, this pair ranks #384,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of finisse vs finissent
Shared letters: efins. Private to "finisse": -. Private to "finissent": t.
"finisse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "finissent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "finisse" for "finissent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "finisse" vs "finissent" - which ranks higher?
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 "finisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "finissent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,450 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finisse" and "finissent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finissent vs finissons". 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 #384,450 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.