affiliéevsaffiliésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: affiliée is a noun, affiliés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“affiliée” is a noun and “affiliés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,395
“affiliée” frequency rank
#16,796
“affiliés” frequency rank
51191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature affiliée affiliés
Definition Participante à une affiliation. Masculin pluriel de affilié.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set affiliée and affiliés apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
affiliée
8 ch
affiliés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: affiliée and affiliés 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 a single letter - e in “affiliée” becomes s in “affiliés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51191, 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\. 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 51191, this pair ranks #156,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of affiliée vs affiliés

Shared letters: afilé. Private to "affiliée": e. Private to "affiliés": s.

"affiliée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVV  ·  "affiliés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

affiliée#34,395
affiliés#16,796

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "affiliée" and "affiliés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "affiliée" is a noun and "affiliés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "affiliée" or "affiliés"?
"affiliés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,796 in our French list, against #34,395 for "affiliée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering affiliée vs affiliés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “affiliée”; for an adjective, it's “affiliés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “affiliée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list