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. |
Same sound, different letters: affiliée vs affiliés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. affiliée (VCCVCVVV) and affiliés (VCCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - affiliée / affiliés
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "affiliée" for "affiliés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "affiliée" or "affiliés" show up more?
After this comparison
"affiliée" and "affiliés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "affiliée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affiliés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affiliée" and "affiliés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affilé vs affiliée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #156,892 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.