habit
^((h muet))\a.bi\
The verdict
“habit” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #12,392 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,392
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tout ce qui est fait pour couvrir le corps, excepté le linge, la coiffure et la chaussure.
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) |
Where “habit” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for habit is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h muet))\a.bi\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,392 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “habit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-A-B-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as ^((h muet))\a.bi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hit” - see the side-by-side comparison. habit vs hit
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.