affectueux

\a.fɛk.tɥø\

/\a.fɛk.tɥø\/ adj

The verdict

“affectueux” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,226
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui montre de l’affection, de l’amour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-affectueux · affectueux · French

affectueux · rank #21,226 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #21,226
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affamés

Nearest frequency peer: affamés (-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 « affectueux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « affectueux » 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).

affectueux vs affectueuse
82% similar

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

Key facts for affectueux
PropertyValue
Headwordaffectueux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.fɛk.tɥø\
Letters10
Frequency rank#21,226
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « affectueux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.affectueuxse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « affamés » (#21,225), « admettant » (#21,224), « aggravation » (#21,228). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « affectueux » est au #21,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around affectueux (IPA \a.fɛk.tɥø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,226 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui montre de l’affection, de l’amour.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for affectueux, with forms such as "afectueux", "afefctueux", and "affcetueux". 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, "affectueuse", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is affectueux, spelled A-F-F-E-C-T-U-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui montre de l’affection, de l’amour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces lettres étaient écrites sur un ton de familiarité affectueuse, et si Hervé avait voulu lire entre les lignes, il aurait facilement deviné que la marquise avait une forte inclination pour lui.
  2. Maurice fut aussi affectueux qu’il put pour tout cet ensemble qui, lorsqu’il l’avait sous les yeux, lui inspirait infiniment moins de crainte que lorsqu’il était éloigné.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • afectueux
  • afefctueux
  • affcetueux
  • affecctueux
  • affecteuux
  • affecttueux
  • affectueuxx
  • affectuexu
  • affectuuex
  • affecuteux
  • affetcueux
  • fafectueux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

afectueux1afefctueux2affcetueux2affecctueux1affecteuux2affecttueux1affectueuxx1affectuexu2
Edit distance from "affectueux"

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 "affectueux"?
"affectueux" is spelled A-F-F-E-C-T-U-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fɛk.tɥø\.
What does "affectueux" mean?
As an adjective, "affectueux" means: Qui montre de l’affection, de l’amour.
What words are commonly confused with "affectueux"?
"affectueux" is commonly confused with "affectueuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "affectueux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affectueux" is \a.fɛk.tɥø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affectueux" come from?
"affectueux" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list