Which to use
“affilié” and “affine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,108
- “affilié” frequency rank
- #35,800
- “affine” frequency rank
- 53908
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affilié | affine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est dans un groupement, une association. | Qui présente des ressemblances ne traduisant pas toujours des liens de parenté. |
Where the eye mixes affilié and affine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. affilié runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against affine's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: affilié vs affine
A purely visual mix-up. affilié (\a.fi.lje\) and affine (\a.fin\) 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 53908, 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\. affine is at rank #35,800, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.fin\.
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 53908, this pair ranks #137,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of affilié vs affine
Shared letters: afi. Private to "affilié": lé. Private to "affine": en.
"affilié" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "affine" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- affine ← affien · affinne · affnie · afifne · afine · fafine
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "affilié" and "affine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "affilié" or "affine"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "affilié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affilié" and "affine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affilé vs affine". 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 #137,630 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.