Which to use
“habilitée” is a verb and “habilités” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,970
- “habilitée” frequency rank
- #36,425
- “habilités” frequency rank
- 80395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habilitée | habilités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de habiliter. | Pluriel de habilité. |
Same sound, different letters: habilitée vs habilités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. habilitée (CVCVCVCVV) and habilités (CVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: habilitée vs habilités
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: habilitée and habilités carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bi.li.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “habilitée” becomes s in “habilités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habilitée is recorded at frequency rank #43,970, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bi.li.te\. habilités is at rank #36,425, 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 80395, this pair ranks #21,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of habilitée vs habilités
Shared letters: abhilté. Private to "habilitée": e. Private to "habilités": s.
"habilitée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "habilités" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "habilitée" and "habilités" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "habilitée" or "habilités" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "habilitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habilités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,046 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habilitée" and "habilités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habilités vs habilles". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #21,046 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.