affection

\a.fɛk.sjɔ̃\

/\a.fɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“affection” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,360. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,360
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment d’aimer quelqu’un avec attachement ou tendresse, et qui nous porte à vouloir son bien-être ou son bonheur ; amitié ou amour non passionnel ou romantique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-affection · affection · French

affection · rank #6,360 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,360
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adolescents

Nearest frequency peer: adolescents (-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 « affection »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « affection » 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).

affection vs affective
78% similar
affection vs affections
90% similar
affection vs affliction
80% similar

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

Key facts for affection
PropertyValue
Headwordaffection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.fɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,360
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « affection »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).affectionse 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 « adolescents » (#6,359), « affecté » (#6,361), « allié » (#6,362). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « affection » est au #6,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around affection (IPA \a.fɛk.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,360 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for affection, with forms such as "afection", "afefction", and "affcetion". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "affective", "affections", "affliction", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is affection, spelled A-F-F-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment d’aimer quelqu’un avec attachement ou tendresse, et qui nous porte à vouloir son bien-être ou son bonheur ; amitié ou amour non passionnel ou romantique.
  2. 2
    Divers mouvements de l’âme.
  3. 3
    Maladie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et si les sentiments de jalousie demeurent dans le cœur de chacun vis-à-vis de l’autre, ce n’est pas dans la douleur d’une affection déçue qu’ils résident ; c’est dans l’instinct de propriété.
  2. Il s’était excusé sur sa peur des amitiés nouvelles, ce qu’il avait appelé, par galanterie, sa peur d’être malheureux. « Vous avez peur d’une affection ? comme c’est drôle, moi qui ne cherche que cela, qui donnerais ma vie pour en trouver une, avait-elle dit d’une voix si naturelle, si convaincue, qu’il en avait été remué.

This word in other languages

affection(English)afección(Español)Zuneigung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afection
  • afefction
  • affcetion
  • affecction
  • affeciton
  • affectino
  • affectionn
  • affectoin
  • affecttion
  • affetcion
  • fafection

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of affection - 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.

afection1afefction2affcetion2affecction1affeciton2affectino2affectionn1affectoin2
Edit distance from "affection"

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 "affection"?
"affection" is spelled A-F-F-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "affection" mean?
As a noun, "affection" means: Sentiment d’aimer quelqu’un avec attachement ou tendresse, et qui nous porte à vouloir son bien-être ou son bonheur ; amitié ou amour non passionnel ou romantique.
What words are commonly confused with "affection"?
"affection" is commonly confused with "affective", "affections", "affliction". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "affection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affection" is \a.fɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affection" come from?
"affection" 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 "affection", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list