habit

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

/^((h muet))\a.bi\/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows « habit » 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).

habit vs hit
60% similar
habit vs hat
60% similar
habit vs Hai
40% similar

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

Key facts for habit
PropertyValue
Headwordhabit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h muet))\a.bi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,392
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « habit »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Géorgie » (#12,391), « horribles » (#12,393), « génétiques » (#12,390). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « habit » est au #12,392. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Tout ce qui est fait pour couvrir le corps, excepté le linge, la coiffure et la chaussure.
  2. 2
    Les différentes parties des vêtements de dessus des hommes ; costume.
  3. 3
    Partie de l’habillement de cérémonie qui est ouvert par-devant et qui a des pans par-derrière ; frac.
  4. 4
    Costume des religieux et des religieuses.
  5. 5
    Rôle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

ahbit2habbit1habitt1habti2haibt2hbait2hhabit1
Edit distance from "habit"

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 "habit"?
"habit" is spelled H-A-B-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\a.bi\.
What does "habit" mean?
As a noun, "habit" means: Tout ce qui est fait pour couvrir le corps, excepté le linge, la coiffure et la chaussure.
What words are commonly confused with "habit"?
"habit" is commonly confused with "hit", "hat", "Hai". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "habit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "habit" is ^((h muet))\a.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "habit" come from?
"habit" 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 "habit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list