affinité

\a.fi.ni.te\

/\a.fi.ni.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“affinité” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,859. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,859
frequency rank, French
424,905
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Degré de proximité que le mariage fait acquérir à un homme avec les parents de sa femme, et à une femme avec ceux de son mari.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

affinité vs affinités
89% similar
affinité vs affine
63% similar
affinité vs affilié
75% similar

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

Key facts for affinité
PropertyValue
Headwordaffinité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.fi.ni.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,859
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “affinité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). affinité lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around affinité (IPA \a.fi.ni.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,859 among 424,905 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for affinité, with forms such as "affiinté", "affinite", and "affinitté". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "affinités", "affine", "affilié", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is affinité, spelled A-F-F-I-N-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Degré de proximité que le mariage fait acquérir à un homme avec les parents de sa femme, et à une femme avec ceux de son mari.
  2. 2
    Conformité qui existe entre diverses choses.
  3. 3
    Liaison que des personnes ont ensemble, à raison de quelques rapports entre leurs caractères, leurs goûts, leurs opinions.
  4. 4
    Tendance des substances de nature différente à s’unir ensemble.
  5. 5
    Transformation d'un objet géométrique qui l’étire ou le contracte uniformément dans une direction.

This word in other languages

affinity(English)afinidad(Español)Affinität(Deutsch)afinidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affiinté
  • affinite
  • affinitté
  • affiniét
  • affinnité
  • affintié
  • affniité
  • afifnité
  • afinité
  • fafinité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of affinité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

affiinté2affinite1affinitté1affiniét2affinnité1affintié2affniité2afifnité2
Edit distance from "affinité"

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 "affinité"?
"affinité" is spelled A-F-F-I-N-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fi.ni.te\.
What does "affinité" mean?
As a noun, "affinité" means: Degré de proximité que le mariage fait acquérir à un homme avec les parents de sa femme, et à une femme avec ceux de son mari.
What words are commonly confused with "affinité"?
"affinité" is commonly confused with "affinités", "affine", "affilié". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "affinité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affinité" is \a.fi.ni.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affinité" come from?
"affinité" 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.
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Using “affinité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-F-F-I-N-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.fi.ni.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “affinités” - see the side-by-side comparison. affinité vs affinités
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list