affaméevsaffamésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: affamée is a noun, affamés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“affamée” is a noun and “affamés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,585
“affamée” frequency rank
#21,225
“affamés” frequency rank
61810
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature affamée affamés
Definition Femme affamée. Masculin pluriel de affamé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set affamée and affamés apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
affamée
7 ch
affamés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: affamée and affamés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.fa.me\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “affamée” becomes s in “affamés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

affamée is recorded at frequency rank #40,585, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.fa.me\. affamés is at rank #21,225, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.fa.me\.

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 61810, this pair ranks #90,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of affamée vs affamés

Shared letters: afmé. Private to "affamée": e. Private to "affamés": s.

"affamée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "affamés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequency comparison

affamée#40,585
affamés#21,225

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "affamée" and "affamés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "affamée" is a noun and "affamés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "affamée" or "affamés"?
"affamés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,225 in our French list, against #40,585 for "affamée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering affamée vs affamés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “affamée”; for an adjective, it's “affamés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “affamée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list