affole

\a.fɔl\

/\a.fɔl\/ verb

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The verdict

“affole” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,104. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,104
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe affoler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-affole · affole · French

affole · rank #33,104 · 6 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,104
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affiliées

Nearest frequency peer: affiliées (-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 « affole »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « affole » 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).

affole vs affoler
86% similar
affole vs affamé
50% similar
affole vs affine
67% similar

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

Key facts for affole
PropertyValue
Headwordaffole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.fɔl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,104
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « affole »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).affolese 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 « affiliées » (#33,103), « affronteront » (#33,105), « affaiblis » (#33,102). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « affole » est au #33,104. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around affole (IPA \a.fɔl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,104 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for affole, with forms such as "affloe", "affoel", and "affolle". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "affoler", "affamé", "affine", and more, 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is affole, spelled A-F-F-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe affoler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe affoler.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe affoler.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe affoler.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe affoler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Chaque millimètre qu’il désenvahit s’affole dans des pulsations extrêmes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affloe
  • affoel
  • affolle
  • afofle
  • afole
  • fafole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

affloe2affoel2affolle1afofle2afole1fafole2
Edit distance from "affole"

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 "affole"?
"affole" is spelled A-F-F-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fɔl\.
What does "affole" mean?
As a verb, "affole" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe affoler.
What words are commonly confused with "affole"?
"affole" is commonly confused with "affoler", "affamé", "affine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "affole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affole" is \a.fɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affole" come from?
"affole" 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 "affole", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

adossé#33,100aciers#33,098amenez#33,111abîmée#33,096

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Adour6 variantsécus6 variantsvolt6 variantsBiron6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list