habitation

^((h muet))\a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃\

/^((h muet))\a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“habitation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,677
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’habiter un lieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-habitation · habitation · French

habitation · rank #4,677 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,677
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH guitare

Nearest frequency peer: guitare (-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 « habitation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « habitation » 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).

habitation vs hésitation
80% similar
habitation vs habitations
91% similar
habitation vs habilitation
83% similar

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

Key facts for habitation
PropertyValue
Headwordhabitation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h muet))\a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,677
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « habitation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.habitationse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « guitare » (#4,676), « hall » (#4,678), « genoux » (#4,675). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « habitation » est au #4,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around habitation (IPA ^((h muet))\a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,677 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for habitation, with forms such as "ahbitation", "habbitation", and "habiattion". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hésitation", "habitations", "habilitation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is habitation, spelled H-A-B-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’habiter un lieu.
  2. 2
    Endroit où l’on demeure, domicile, maison.
  3. 3
    Exploitation agricole dans les anciennes colonies françaises. Équivalent du terme anglais plantation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’habitation de cette maison est malsaine.
  2. Cet appartement est un local à usage d'habitation.

Synonyms

plantation

This word in other languages

habitation(English)habitación(Español)Wohnung(Deutsch)aposento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahbitation
  • habbitation
  • habiattion
  • habitaiton
  • habitatino
  • habitationn
  • habitatoin
  • habitattion
  • habittaion
  • habittation
  • habtiation
  • haibtation
  • hbaitation
  • hhabitation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of habitation - 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.

ahbitation2habbitation1habiattion2habitaiton2habitatino2habitationn1habitatoin2habitattion1
Edit distance from "habitation"

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 "habitation"?
"habitation" is spelled H-A-B-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "habitation" mean?
As a noun, "habitation" means: Action d’habiter un lieu.
What words are commonly confused with "habitation"?
"habitation" is commonly confused with "hésitation", "habitations", "habilitation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "habitation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "habitation" is ^((h muet))\a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "habitation" come from?
"habitation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

procédures#4,702accusation#4,638abonnement#4,637Versailles#4,630

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

monuments14 variantsmécanisme14 variantsoccidentale14 variantsclientèle14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list