Which to use
“affilié” is an adjective and “affiliée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,108
- “affilié” frequency rank
- #34,395
- “affiliée” frequency rank
- 52503
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affilié | affiliée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est dans un groupement, une association. | Participante à une affiliation. |
Same sound, different letters: affilié vs affiliée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. affilié runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against affiliée's 8 (VCCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: affilié vs affiliée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: affilié and affiliée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.fi.lje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “affilié” sits inside “affiliée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affilié is recorded at frequency rank #18,108, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.fi.lje\. affiliée is at rank #34,395, tagged as anoun, 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 52503, this pair ranks #147,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of affilié vs affiliée
Shared letters: afilé. Private to "affilié": -. Private to "affiliée": e.
"affilié" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "affiliée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "affilié" and "affiliée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "affilié" vs "affiliée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "affilié" / "affiliée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "affilié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affiliée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #147,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affilié" and "affiliée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affilé vs affiliée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #147,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.