affranchisvsaffranchitWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: affranchis is a adjective, affranchit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“affranchis” is an adjective and “affranchit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,890
“affranchis” frequency rank
#43,761
“affranchit” frequency rank
74651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature affranchis affranchit
Definition Masculin pluriel de affranchi. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de affranchir.

Same sound, different letters: affranchis vs affranchit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. affranchis and affranchit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
affranchis
10 ch
affranchit

Homophone desk: affranchis vs affranchit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: affranchis 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 a single letter - s in “affranchis” becomes t in “affranchit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

affranchis is recorded at frequency rank #30,890, 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 74651, this pair ranks #36,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of affranchis vs affranchit

Shared letters: acfhinr. Private to "affranchis": s. Private to "affranchit": t.

"affranchis" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCCVC  ·  "affranchit" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • affranchis ← affarnchis · affracnhis · affrancchis · affranchhis · affranchiss · affranchsi · affrancihs · affranhcis
  • affranchit ← affarnchit · affracnhit · affrancchit · affranchhit · affranchitt · affranchti · affranciht · affranhcit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "affranchis" and "affranchit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "affranchis" is an adjective and "affranchit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "affranchis" vs "affranchit" - which ranks higher?
"affranchis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,890 in our French list, against #43,761 for "affranchit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "affranchis" 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 #36,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "affranchis" and "affranchit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "affranchi 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 #36,474 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list