Which to use
“affectées” and “affectés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,793
- “affectées” frequency rank
- #9,263
- “affectés” frequency rank
- 25056
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affectées | affectés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe affecter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe affecter. |
Same sound, different letters: affectées vs affectés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. affectées runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against affectés's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - affectées / affectés
This is the hard kind. affectées and affectés are pronounced identically (\a.fɛk.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affectées is recorded at frequency rank #15,793, classified as averb, pronounced \a.fɛk.te\. affectés is at rank #9,263, 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 25056, this pair ranks #343,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of affectées vs affectés
Shared letters: acefsté. Private to "affectées": -. Private to "affectés": -.
"affectées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "affectés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "affectées" for "affectés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "affectées" vs "affectés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"affectées" and "affectés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "affectées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affectés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affectées" and "affectés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affectées vs affects". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #343,052 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.