Which to use
“affilé” and “affiliés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,560
- “affilé” frequency rank
- #16,796
- “affiliés” frequency rank
- 63356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affilé | affiliés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a le tranchant fin, aiguisé. | Masculin pluriel de affilié. |
Where the eye mixes affilé and affiliés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. affilé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against affiliés's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses affilé with affiliés
A purely visual mix-up. affilé (\a.fi.le\) and affiliés (\a.fi.lje\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affilé is recorded at frequency rank #46,560, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.fi.le\. affiliés is at rank #16,796, 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 63356, this pair ranks #82,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of affilé vs affiliés
Shared letters: afilé. Private to "affilé": -. Private to "affiliés": s.
"affilé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "affiliés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "affilé" for "affiliés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "affilé" or "affiliés"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "affilé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affiliés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affilé" and "affiliés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affable vs affilé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #82,356 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.