habiller

^((h muet))\a.bi.je\

/^((h muet))\a.bi.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“habiller” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,065
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre des habits à quelqu’un, le vêtir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-habiller · habiller · French

habiller · rank #7,065 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,065
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH gentils

Nearest frequency peer: gentils (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « habiller »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « habiller » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

habiller vs Haller
63% similar
habiller vs habiter
75% similar
habiller vs habituer
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for habiller
PropertyValue
Headwordhabiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA^((h muet))\a.bi.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,065
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « habiller »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).habillerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gentils » (#7,064), « habituel » (#7,066), « galère » (#7,063). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « habiller » est au #7,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around habiller (IPA ^((h muet))\a.bi.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,065 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 19 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for habiller, with forms such as "ahbiller", "habbiller", and "habilelr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Haller", "habiter", "habituer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is habiller, spelled H-A-B-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre des habits à quelqu’un, le vêtir.
  2. 2
    Donner, fournir des habits.
  3. 3
    Seoir, aller bien, en parlant des habits, des étoffes.
  4. 4
    Couvrir, envelopper.
  5. 5
    Voiler ce qui est inconvenant, inavouable.
  6. 6
    Draper, vêtir une figure, une sculpture.
  7. 7
    Se farder, se masquer.
  8. 8
    Donner un certain caractère à un personnage.
  9. 9
    Faire l’habillage d’un produit, l’empaqueter.
  10. 10
    Changer l’habillage d’un logiciel, changer l’apparence de son interface.
  11. 11
    Préparer en vue de tel ou tel usage.
  12. 12
    En parlant d'une pièce de poterie, la munir de tous ses accessoires, anses, pied, oreilles, etc.
  13. 13
    Dire des vilenies ou casser du sucre sur le dos, en parlant d'une personne.
  14. 14
    Accompagner, entourer, donner un contexte à.
  15. 15
    Mettre des habits ; se vêtir soi-même.
  16. 16
    Se vêtir, en parlant de la manière dont une personne porte ses vêtements, du goût qu’elle met dans le choix et l’arrangement de ses habits.
  17. 17
    Se pourvoir en habits, compléter sa garde-robe.
  18. 18
    Revêtir un costume qui n’est pas le sien habituellement.
  19. 19
    Se couvrir, se déguiser, se dissimuler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how habiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le père habille sa fille avant de l’emmener à l’école.
  2. Habiller les pauvres est l’un des sept devoirs de la charité.

Antonyms

déshabillerdénuderdévêtir

This word in other languages

dress(English)vestir(Español)anziehen(Deutsch)cobrir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahbiller
  • habbiller
  • habilelr
  • habiler
  • habillerr
  • habillre
  • habliler
  • haibller
  • hbailler
  • hhabiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of habiller - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ahbiller2habbiller1habilelr2habiler1habillerr1habillre2habliler2haibller2
Edit distance from "habiller"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "habiller"?
"habiller" is spelled H-A-B-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\a.bi.je\.
What does "habiller" mean?
As a verb, "habiller" means: Mettre des habits à quelqu’un, le vêtir.
What words are commonly confused with "habiller"?
"habiller" is commonly confused with "Haller", "habiter", "habituer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "habiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "habiller" is ^((h muet))\a.bi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "habiller" come from?
"habiller" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "habiller", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

habituel#7,066exécuter#7,057envisage#7,056Jalousie#7,077

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

couvent10 variantsmoutons10 variantsnotions10 variantsportion10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list