Which to use
“affilé” and “agile” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,560
- “affilé” frequency rank
- #21,229
- “agile” frequency rank
- 67789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affilé | agile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a le tranchant fin, aiguisé. | Qui a des facilités pour agir ou se mouvoir, dispos, léger, souple. |
Where the eye mixes affilé and agile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. affilé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against agile's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between affilé and agile
A purely visual mix-up. affilé (\a.fi.le\) and agile (\a.ʒil\) 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 67789, 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\. agile is at rank #21,229, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.ʒil\.
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 67789, this pair ranks #61,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of affilé vs agile
Shared letters: ail. Private to "affilé": fé. Private to "agile": eg.
"affilé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "agile" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agile ← aggile · agiel · agille · aglie · gaile
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "affilé" for "agile" ever safe?
Which is more common, "affilé" or "agile"?
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 "agile" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affilé" and "agile" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affable vs affilé". 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 #61,926 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.