Which to use
“affilée” is a verb and “affiliées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,100
- “affilée” frequency rank
- #33,103
- “affiliées” frequency rank
- 46203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affilée | affiliées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe affiler. | Féminin pluriel de affilié. |
Where the eye mixes affilée and affiliées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. affilée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against affiliées's 9 (VCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: affilée vs affiliées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: affilée is \a.fi.le\ while affiliées is \a.fi.lje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46203, 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\. 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 46203, this pair ranks #196,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of affilée vs affiliées
Shared letters: aefilé. Private to "affilée": -. Private to "affiliées": s.
"affilée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "affiliées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "affilée" and "affiliées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "affilée" vs "affiliées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "affilée" 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 #196,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affilée" and "affiliées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affiliée vs affiliées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #196,793 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.