Which to use
“affichait” and “affichent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,311
- “affichait” frequency rank
- #11,515
- “affichent” frequency rank
- 38826
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affichait | affichent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe afficher. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe afficher. |
Where the eye mixes affichait and affichent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. affichait (VCCVCCVVC) and affichent (VCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between affichait and affichent
A purely visual mix-up. affichait (\a.fi.ʃɛ\) and affichent (\a.fiʃ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affichait is recorded at frequency rank #27,311, classified as averb, pronounced \a.fi.ʃɛ\. affichent is at rank #11,515, tagged as averb, 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 38826, this pair ranks #252,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of affichait vs affichent
Shared letters: acfhit. Private to "affichait": -. Private to "affichent": en.
"affichait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "affichent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "affichait" for "affichent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "affichait" or "affichent"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "affichait" and "affichent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "affichait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affichent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affichait" and "affichent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affichent vs affichera". 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 #252,523 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.