Which to use
“afficher” and “affichez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,099
- “afficher” frequency rank
- #37,156
- “affichez” frequency rank
- 42255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | afficher | affichez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apposer une affiche. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe afficher. |
Same sound, different letters: afficher vs affichez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. afficher and affichez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - afficher / affichez
This is the hard kind. afficher and affichez are pronounced identically (\a.fi.ʃe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “afficher” becomes z in “affichez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
afficher is recorded at frequency rank #5,099, classified as averb, pronounced \a.fi.ʃe\. affichez is at rank #37,156, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.fi.ʃe\.
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 42255, this pair ranks #227,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of afficher vs affichez
Shared letters: acefhi. Private to "afficher": r. Private to "affichez": z.
"afficher" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "affichez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "afficher" and "affichez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "afficher" vs "affichez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "afficher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affichez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,003 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "afficher" and "affichez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affichera vs affichez". 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 #227,003 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.