habitué
/həˈbɪt͡ʃuˌeɪ/
"habitue" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“habitué” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who frequents a place.
Corpus desk
Index EN-habitue · habitué · English
habitué · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | habitué |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /həˈbɪt͡ʃuˌeɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “habitué” in English
Rare enough to double-check
habitué is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /həˈbɪt͡ʃuˌeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for habitué, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French habitué, past participle of habituer (“to frequent”), from Late Latin habituare (“to habituate”), from habitus. The correct English form is habitué, spelled H-A-B-I-T-U-É.
Definition
- 1One who frequents a place.
- 2A devotee.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how habitué appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A month ago the new smoking ban turned thousands of bar-room habitués into reluctant exiles from their usual corner seat.
At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Etymology
Borrowed from French habitué, past participle of habituer (“to frequent”), from Late Latin habituare (“to habituate”), from habitus.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.