affecté

\a.fɛk.te\

/\a.fɛk.te\/ adj

The verdict

“affecté” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,361
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de l’affectation, qui manque de naturel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-affecte · affecté · French

affecté · rank #6,361 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,361
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affection

Nearest frequency peer: affection (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « affecté »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « affecté » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

affecté vs affiche
57% similar
affecté vs affects
86% similar
affecté vs affectés
88% similar

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

Key facts for affecté
PropertyValue
Headwordaffecté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.fɛk.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,361
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « affecté »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).affectése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « affection » (#6,360), « allié » (#6,362), « adolescents » (#6,359). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « affecté » est au #6,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around affecté (IPA \a.fɛk.te\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,361 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for affecté, with forms such as "afecté", "afefcté", and "affceté". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "affiche", "affects", "affectés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is affecté, spelled A-F-F-E-C-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a de l’affectation, qui manque de naturel.
  2. 2
    Qui éprouve un sentiment de peine en réaction à un événement, à une information.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce comédien est affecté dans son jeu.
  2. Cet écrivain est affecté dans son style.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afecté
  • afefcté
  • affceté
  • affeccté
  • affecte
  • affectté
  • affecét
  • affetcé
  • fafecté

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of affecté - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

afecté1afefcté2affceté2affeccté1affecte1affectté1affecét2affetcé2
Edit distance from "affecté"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "affecté"?
"affecté" is spelled A-F-F-E-C-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fɛk.te\.
What does "affecté" mean?
As an adjective, "affecté" means: Qui a de l’affectation, qui manque de naturel.
What words are commonly confused with "affecté"?
"affecté" is commonly confused with "affiche", "affects", "affectés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "affecté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affecté" is \a.fɛk.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affecté" come from?
"affecté" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list