Which to use
“affilée” and “affole” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,100
- “affilée” frequency rank
- #33,104
- “affole” frequency rank
- 46204
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affilée | affole |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe affiler. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe affoler. |
Where the eye mixes affilée and affole
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. affilée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against affole's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses affilée with affole
A purely visual mix-up. affilée (\a.fi.le\) and affole (\a.fɔl\) 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 46204, 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\. affole is at rank #33,104, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.fɔl\.
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 46204, this pair ranks #196,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of affilée vs affole
Shared letters: aefl. Private to "affilée": ié. Private to "affole": o.
"affilée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "affole" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- affole ← affloe · affoel · affolle · afofle · afole · fafole
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "affilée" and "affole" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "affilée" or "affole"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "affilée" and "affole" 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 "affole" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affilée" and "affole" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affilé vs affole". 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 #196,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.