habit
^((h muet))\a.bi\
The verdict
“habit” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,392. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,392
- frequency rank, French
- 1,969
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout ce qui est fait pour couvrir le corps, excepté le linge, la coiffure et la chaussure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-habit · habit · French
habit · rank #12,392 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,392
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,969
- PHOTO-FINISH Géorgie
Nearest frequency peer: Géorgie (-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 « habit »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- gymnase
gymnase
87,612 corpus weight
- génétiques
génétiques
87,611 corpus weight
- Géorgie
Géorgie
87,610 corpus weight
- habit
habit
87,609 corpus weight
- horribles
horribles
87,608 corpus weight
- idéalement
idéalement
87,607 corpus weight
What this shows « habit » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | habit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h muet))\a.bi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « habit »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around habit (IPA ^((h muet))\a.bi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,392 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for habit, with forms such as "ahbit", "habbit", and "habitt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hit", "hat", "Hai", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is habit, spelled H-A-B-I-T.
Definition
- 1Tout ce qui est fait pour couvrir le corps, excepté le linge, la coiffure et la chaussure.
- 2Les différentes parties des vêtements de dessus des hommes ; costume.
- 3Partie de l’habillement de cérémonie qui est ouvert par-devant et qui a des pans par-derrière ; frac.
- 4Costume des religieux et des religieuses.
- 5Rôle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how habit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette partie, appelée passementerie d’or et d’argent, comprenait les épaulettes, les dragonnes, les aiguillettes, enfin cette immense quantité de choses brillantes qui scintillaient sur les riches uniformes de l’armée française et sur les habits civils.
Il ôtait son grand habit noisette, remettait sa perruque dans la boîte et tirait de nouveau son bonnet de soie sur ses oreilles, en disant […]
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahbit
- habbit
- habitt
- habti
- haibt
- hbait
- hhabit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of habit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).