Which to use
“Fink” is a name and “fins” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,898
- “Fink” frequency rank
- #3,196
- “fins” frequency rank
- 51094
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Fink | fins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Masculin pluriel de fin. |
Letter map: Fink vs fins
Shared letters muted; letters that set Fink and fins apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Fink and fins follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: Fink vs fins
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Fink is aname and finsanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - k in “Fink” becomes s in “fins”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Fink is recorded at frequency rank #47,898, classified as aname. fins is at rank #3,196, tagged as anadj, pronounced \fɛ̃\.
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 51094, this pair ranks #157,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Fink vs fins
Shared letters: fin. Private to "Fink": k. Private to "fins": s.
"Fink" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "fins" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Fink" and "fins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Fink" or "fins" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Fink" and "fins".
- Full dictionary entry for "Fink" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Fink" and "fins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Fink vs FIV". 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 #157,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.