Which to use
“affiliée” is a noun and “affiliées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,395
- “affiliée” frequency rank
- #33,103
- “affiliées” frequency rank
- 67498
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affiliée | affiliées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participante à une affiliation. | Féminin pluriel de affilié. |
Same sound, different letters: affiliée vs affiliées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. affiliée runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVV) against affiliées's 9 (VCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - affiliée / affiliées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: affiliée and affiliées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.fi.lje\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “affiliée” sits inside “affiliées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affiliée is recorded at frequency rank #34,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.fi.lje\. 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 67498, this pair ranks #63,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of affiliée vs affiliées
Shared letters: aefilé. Private to "affiliée": -. Private to "affiliées": s.
"affiliée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVV · "affiliées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "affiliée" and "affiliées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "affiliée" vs "affiliées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "affiliée" 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 #63,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affiliée" and "affiliées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affilé vs affiliée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #63,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.