Which to use
“affranchi” is an adjective and “affranchit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,849
- “affranchi” frequency rank
- #43,761
- “affranchit” frequency rank
- 78610
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | affranchi | affranchit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Libre de droit. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de affranchir. |
Same sound, different letters: affranchi vs affranchit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. affranchi runs 9 letters (VCCCVCCCV) against affranchit's 10 (VCCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: affranchi vs affranchit
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: affranchi and affranchit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “affranchi” sits inside “affranchit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
affranchi is recorded at frequency rank #34,849, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi\. affranchit is at rank #43,761, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.fʁɑ̃.ʃi\.
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 78610, this pair ranks #25,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of affranchi vs affranchit
Shared letters: acfhinr. Private to "affranchi": -. Private to "affranchit": t.
"affranchi" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCCV · "affranchit" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- affranchi ← affarnchi · affracnhi · affrancchi · affranchhi · affrancih · affranhci · affrannchi · affrnachi
- affranchit ← affarnchit · affracnhit · affrancchit · affranchhit · affranchitt · affranchti · affranciht · affranhcit
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "affranchi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "affranchit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "affranchi" and "affranchit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affranchis vs affranchit". 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 #25,301 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.