Which to use
“habile” and “habillée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,172
- “habile” frequency rank
- #13,609
- “habillée” frequency rank
- 25781
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habile | habillée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adroit ; qui fait ce qu’il entreprend avec souplesse. | Féminin singulier de habillé. |
Where the eye mixes habile and habillée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. habile (^((h muet))\a.bil\) and habillée (^((h muet))\a.bi.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25781, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habile is recorded at frequency rank #12,172, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\a.bil\. habillée is at rank #13,609, tagged as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\a.bi.je\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 25781, this pair ranks #338,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of habile vs habillée
Shared letters: abehil. Private to "habile": -. Private to "habillée": é.
"habile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "habillée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- habile ← ahbile · habbile · habiel · hablie · haible · hbaile · hhabile