affiliate

/əˈfɪl.i.ət/

//əˈfɪl.i.ət// noun

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"affiliate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“affiliate” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,195
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

Corpus desk

Index EN-affiliate · affiliate · English

affiliate · rank #7,195 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,195
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Adelaide

Nearest frequency peer: Adelaide (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “affiliate”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “affiliate” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

affiliate vs affiliated
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for affiliate
PropertyValue
Headwordaffiliate
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈfɪl.i.ət/
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,195
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “affiliate”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).affiliatelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Adelaide” (#7,194), “Alfred” (#7,196), “accurately” (#7,193). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “affiliate” is #7,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around affiliate (IPA /əˈfɪl.i.ət/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,195 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for affiliate, with forms such as "affiilate", "affilaite", and "affiliaet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "affiliated", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Medieval Latin affīliātus, the passive past participle of Late Latin adfīliō, affīliō (“to adopt as son”), from ad- + fīlius + -ō. Equivalent to Latin affīliō + -ate. Compare French affilié (noun). The correct English form is affiliate, spelled A-F-F-I-L-I-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how affiliate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.
  2. They used to been^([sic]) more of a Detroit channel, as they had showed a lot of American programs, aside from being the CBC affiliate.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin affīliātus, the passive past participle of Late Latin adfīliō, affīliō (“to adopt as son”), from ad- + fīlius + -ō. Equivalent to Latin affīliō + -ate. Compare French affilié (noun).

This word in other languages

afiliado(Español)Tochterunternehmen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affiilate
  • affilaite
  • affiliaet
  • affiliatte
  • affilitae
  • affilliate
  • affliiate
  • afifliate
  • afiliate
  • fafiliate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of affiliate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

affiilate2affilaite2affiliaet2affiliatte1affilitae2affilliate1affliiate2afifliate2
Edit distance from "affiliate"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "affiliate"?
"affiliate" is spelled A-F-F-I-L-I-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈfɪl.i.ət/.
What does "affiliate" mean?
As a noun, "affiliate" means: Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.
What words are commonly confused with "affiliate"?
"affiliate" is commonly confused with "affiliated". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "affiliate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affiliate" is /əˈfɪl.i.ət/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "affiliate"?
From Medieval Latin affīliātus, the passive past participle of Late Latin adfīliō, affīliō (“to adopt as son”), from ad- + fīlius + -ō. Equivalent to Latin affīliō + -ate. Compare French affilié (noun). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "affiliate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Adelaide10 variantssilicon10 variantsevident10 variantskindly10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list