Which to use
“affectée” is an adjective and “affectées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,296
- “affectée” frequency rank
- #15,793
- “affectées” frequency rank
- 28089
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affectée | affectées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de affecté. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe affecter. |
Same sound, different letters: affectée vs affectées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. affectée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against affectées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: affectée vs affectées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: affectée and affectées 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 extra letter(s) - “affectée” sits inside “affectées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affectée is recorded at frequency rank #12,296, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.fɛk.te\. affectées is at rank #15,793, 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 28089, this pair ranks #324,988 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of affectée vs affectées
Shared letters: acefté. Private to "affectée": -. Private to "affectées": s.
"affectée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "affectées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "affectée" vs "affectées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "affectée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affectées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #324,988 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affectée" and "affectées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affectées vs affects". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #324,988 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.