habiller

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

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,065

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

habiller is aFrenchverb. It means: Mettre des habits à quelqu’un, le vêtir. Pronounced ^((h muet))\a.bi.je\. It ranks #7,065 in French word frequency. Often confused with Haller and habiter.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of habiller in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for habiller is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h muet))\a.bi.je\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,065 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 19 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for habiller, with forms such as "ahbiller", "habbiller", and "habilelr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Haller", "habiter", "habituer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is habiller, spelled H-A-B-I-L-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahbiller,habbiller,habilelr,habiler,habillerr,habillre,habliler,haibller,hbailler,hhabiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for habiller

Misspelling Variants of "habiller"

ahbiller8habbiller9habilelr8habiler7habillerr9habillre8habliler8haibller8
Misspelling Variants of "habiller"

Frequency rank: #7,065 in French

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?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.