Which to use
“affecté” is an adjective and “affecter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,361
- “affecté” frequency rank
- #10,111
- “affecter” frequency rank
- 16472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affecté | affecter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a de l’affectation, qui manque de naturel. | Destiner et appliquer une chose ou une personne à un certain usage. |
Same sound, different letters: affecté vs affecter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - affecté and affecter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: affecté and affecter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.fɛk.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affecté is recorded at frequency rank #6,361, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.fɛk.te\. affecter is at rank #10,111, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.fɛk.te\.
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 16472, this pair ranks #387,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of affecté vs affecter
Shared letters: aceft. Private to "affecté": é. Private to "affecter": r.
"affecté" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "affecter" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- affecter ← afecter · afefcter · affceter · affeccter · affecetr · affecterr · affectre · affectter
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "affecté" / "affecter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "affecté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affecter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affecté" and "affecter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affecter vs affects". 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 #387,684 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.