Which to use
“habiletés” and “habilité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,428
- “habiletés” frequency rank
- #23,883
- “habilité” frequency rank
- 56311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habiletés | habilité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de habileté. | Résultat de l’habilitation, aptitude. |
Where the eye mixes habiletés and habilité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. habiletés runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against habilité's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: habiletés vs habilité
A purely visual mix-up. habiletés (\a.bil.te\) and habilité (\a.bi.li.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 56311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habiletés is recorded at frequency rank #32,428, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.bil.te\. habilité is at rank #23,883, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.bi.li.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 56311, this pair ranks #121,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habiletés vs habilité
Shared letters: abhilté. Private to "habiletés": es. Private to "habilité": -.
"habiletés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "habilité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "habiletés" and "habilité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "habiletés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habilité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,887 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habiletés" and "habilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habiletés vs habilitée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #121,887 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.