Which to use
“affaiblie” is a noun and “affaiblies” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,439
- “affaiblie” frequency rank
- #44,288
- “affaiblies” frequency rank
- 67727
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affaiblie | affaiblies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne physiquement ou moralement diminuée ou amoindrie, personne en état de faiblesse intellectuelle. | Féminin pluriel de affaibli. |
Same sound, different letters: affaiblie vs affaiblies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. affaiblie runs 9 letters (VCCVVCCVV) against affaiblies's 10 (VCCVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - affaiblie / affaiblies
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: affaiblie and affaiblies carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.fe.bli\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “affaiblie” sits inside “affaiblies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affaiblie is recorded at frequency rank #23,439, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.fe.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 67727, this pair ranks #62,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of affaiblie vs affaiblies
Shared letters: abefil. Private to "affaiblie": -. Private to "affaiblies": s.
"affaiblie" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVV · "affaiblies" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- affaiblie ← afafiblie · afaiblie · affabilie · affaibblie · affaibile · affaiblei · affaibllie · affailbie
- affaiblies ← afafiblies · afaiblies · affabilies · affaibblies · affaibiles · affaibleis · affaibliess · affaiblise
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "affaiblie" and "affaiblies" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "affaiblie" vs "affaiblies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "affaiblie" 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 #62,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affaiblie" 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 #62,159 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.