Which to use
“affilée” is a verb and “affilié” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,100
- “affilée” frequency rank
- #18,108
- “affilié” frequency rank
- 31208
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affilée | affilié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe affiler. | Qui est dans un groupement, une association. |
Where the eye mixes affilée and affilié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. affilée and affilié follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: affilée vs affilié
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: affilée is \a.fi.le\ while affilié 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 31208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affilée is recorded at frequency rank #13,100, classified as averb, pronounced \a.fi.le\. affilié is at rank #18,108, 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 31208, this pair ranks #305,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of affilée vs affilié
Shared letters: afilé. Private to "affilée": e. Private to "affilié": -.
"affilée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "affilié" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "affilée" and "affilié" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "affilée" vs "affilié" - which ranks higher?
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 "affilée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affilié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #305,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affilée" and "affilié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affilé vs affilié". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #305,259 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.