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“affaibli” and “affaiblies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,556
- “affaibli” frequency rank
- #44,288
- “affaiblies” frequency rank
- 59844
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affaibli | affaiblies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En parlant d’une personne, physique ou morale : rendu faible, diminué physiquement, moralement ou intellectuellement. | Féminin pluriel de affaibli. |
Where the eye mixes affaibli and affaiblies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. affaibli runs 8 letters (VCCVVCCV) against affaiblies's 10 (VCCVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: affaibli vs affaiblies
A purely visual mix-up. affaibli (\a.fɛ.bli\) and affaiblies (\a.fe.bli\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “affaibli” sits inside “affaiblies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affaibli is recorded at frequency rank #15,556, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.fɛ.bli\. affaiblies is at rank #44,288, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.fe.bli\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 59844, this pair ranks #100,891 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of affaibli vs affaiblies
Shared letters: abfil. Private to "affaibli": -. Private to "affaiblies": es.
"affaibli" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV · "affaiblies" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- affaibli ← afafibli · afaibli · affabili · affaibbli · affaibil · affaiblli · affailbi · affiabli
- affaiblies ← afafiblies · afaiblies · affabilies · affaibblies · affaibiles · affaibleis · affaibliess · affaiblise
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "affaibli" and "affaiblies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "affaibli" or "affaiblies"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "affaibli" and "affaiblies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "affaibli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affaiblies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,891 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affaibli" and "affaiblies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affaiblies vs affaiblis". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #100,891 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.