Which to use
“affectés” is a verb and “affiches” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,263
- “affectés” frequency rank
- #6,160
- “affiches” frequency rank
- 15423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affectés | affiches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe affecter. | Pluriel de affiche. |
Where the eye mixes affectés and affiches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: affectés vs affiches
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: affectés is \a.fɛk.te\ while affiches is \a.fiʃ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affectés is recorded at frequency rank #9,263, classified as averb, pronounced \a.fɛk.te\. affiches is at rank #6,160, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.fiʃ\.
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 15423, this pair ranks #392,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of affectés vs affiches
Shared letters: acefs. Private to "affectés": té. Private to "affiches": hi.
"affectés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "affiches" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- affiches ← affcihes · afficches · afficehs · affichess · affichhes · affichse · affihces · afiches
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "affectés" and "affiches" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "affectés" vs "affiches" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "affectés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affiches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affectés" and "affiches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affectés 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 #392,433 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.