Which to use
“affichée” and “affilée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,794
- “affichée” frequency rank
- #13,100
- “affilée” frequency rank
- 28894
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affichée | affilée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe afficher. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe affiler. |
Where the eye mixes affichée and affilée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. affichée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against affilée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses affichée with affilée
A purely visual mix-up. affichée (\a.fi.ʃe\) and affilée (\a.fi.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affichée is recorded at frequency rank #15,794, classified as averb, pronounced \a.fi.ʃe\. affilée is at rank #13,100, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.fi.le\.
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 28894, this pair ranks #319,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of affichée vs affilée
Shared letters: aefié. Private to "affichée": ch. Private to "affilée": l.
"affichée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "affilée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "affichée" and "affilée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "affichée" or "affilée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "affichée" and "affilée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "affichée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affilée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affichée" and "affilée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affichée vs affichera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #319,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.