habilles

\a.bij\

/\a.bij\/ verb

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The verdict

“habilles” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,917. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,917
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-habilles · habilles · French

habilles · rank #42,917 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,917
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gutenberg

Nearest frequency peer: Gutenberg (-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 « habilles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « habilles » 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).

habilles vs halles
75% similar
habilles vs habites
75% similar
habilles vs habitués
63% similar

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

Key facts for habilles
PropertyValue
Headwordhabilles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.bij\
Letters8
Frequency rank#42,917
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « habilles »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Gutenberg » (#42,916), « harcèlent » (#42,918), « Gunn » (#42,915). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « habilles » est au #42,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around habilles (IPA \a.bij\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,917 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for habilles, with forms such as "ahbilles", "habbilles", and "habilels". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "halles", "habites", "habitués", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is habilles, spelled H-A-B-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habiller.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de habiller.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahbilles
  • habbilles
  • habilels
  • habilless
  • habillse
  • habliles
  • haiblles
  • hbailles
  • hhabilles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of habilles - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ahbilles2habbilles1habilels2habilless1habillse2habliles2haiblles2hbailles2
Edit distance from "habilles"

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 "habilles"?
"habilles" is spelled H-A-B-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bij\.
What does "habilles" mean?
As a verb, "habilles" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habiller.
What words are commonly confused with "habilles"?
"habilles" is commonly confused with "halles", "habites", "habitués". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "habilles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "habilles" is \a.bij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "habilles" come from?
"habilles" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Hellfest#42,919gueulent#42,914glissade#42,909idioties#42,932

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

goûtez9 variantsgerbes9 variantsGauvain9 variantsimpasses9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list