Which to use
“habiles” and “habitées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,375
- “habiles” frequency rank
- #28,583
- “habitées” frequency rank
- 57958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habiles | habitées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de habile. | Féminin pluriel de habité. |
Where the eye mixes habiles and habitées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. habiles runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against habitées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: habiles vs habitées
A purely visual mix-up. habiles (^((h muet))\a.bil\) and habitées (\a.bi.te\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habiles is recorded at frequency rank #29,375, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\a.bil\. habitées is at rank #28,583, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.bi.te\.
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 57958, this pair ranks #111,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of habiles vs habitées
Shared letters: abehis. Private to "habiles": l. Private to "habitées": té.
"habiles" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "habitées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habiles ← ahbiles · habbiles · habiels · habiless · habilse · hablies · haibles · hbailes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "habiles" and "habitées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "habiles" vs "habitées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "habiles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habitées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,902 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habiles" and "habitées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habiles vs Hailey". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #111,902 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.