Which to use
“affiche” is a noun and “affilié” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,403
- “affiche” frequency rank
- #18,108
- “affilié” frequency rank
- 20511
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affiche | affilié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Feuille souple ou rigide affichant un message, ou une image, imprimé ou écrit que l’on applique contre les murs pour donner connaissance au public de quelque chose. | Qui est dans un groupement, une association. |
Where the eye mixes affiche and affilié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. affiche (VCCVCCV) and affilié (VCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between affiche and affilié
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: affiche is \a.fiʃ\ while affilié is \a.fi.lje\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affiche is recorded at frequency rank #2,403, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.fiʃ\. affilié is at rank #18,108, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.fi.lje\.
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 20511, this pair ranks #367,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of affiche vs affilié
Shared letters: afi. Private to "affiche": ceh. Private to "affilié": lé.
"affiche" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "affilié" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- affiche ← affcihe · afficche · afficeh · affichhe · affihce · afiche · afifche · fafiche
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "affiche" and "affilié" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "affiche" or "affilié" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "affiche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affilié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,897 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affiche" and "affilié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affilé vs affilié". 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 #367,897 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.