Which to use
“affilée” is a verb and “affiliés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,100
- “affilée” frequency rank
- #16,796
- “affiliés” frequency rank
- 29896
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affilée | affiliés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe affiler. | Masculin pluriel de affilié. |
Where the eye mixes affilée and affiliés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. affilée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against affiliés's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between affilée and affiliés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: affilée is \a.fi.le\ while affiliés is \a.fi.lje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 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 29896, 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\. 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 29896, this pair ranks #313,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of affilée vs affiliés
Shared letters: afilé. Private to "affilée": e. Private to "affiliés": s.
"affilée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "affiliés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "affilée" and "affiliés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "affilée" vs "affiliés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "affilée" and "affiliés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "affilée" 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 #313,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affilée" and "affiliés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affilé vs affiliés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #313,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.