# affiliation vs affirmation

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### affiliation
*noun · IPA /əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #12,357*
The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

### affirmation
*noun · IPA /æfɝˈmeɪʃn/ · frequency rank #21,128*
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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