Which to use
“affichées” is a verb and “affiliées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,950
- “affichées” frequency rank
- #33,103
- “affiliées” frequency rank
- 60053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affichées | affiliées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe afficher. | Féminin pluriel de affilié. |
Where the eye mixes affichées and affiliées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. affichées (VCCVCCVVC) and affiliées (VCCVCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: affichées vs affiliées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: affichées is \a.fi.ʃe\ while affiliées is \a.fi.lje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affichées is recorded at frequency rank #26,950, classified as averb, pronounced \a.fi.ʃe\. affiliées is at rank #33,103, 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 60053, this pair ranks #99,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of affichées vs affiliées
Shared letters: aefisé. Private to "affichées": ch. Private to "affiliées": l.
"affichées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "affiliées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "affichées" for "affiliées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "affichées" or "affiliées" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "affichées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affiliées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affichées" and "affiliées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affichées vs affichera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #99,704 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.