Which to use
“habille” and “habilles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,883
- “habille” frequency rank
- #42,917
- “habilles” frequency rank
- 53800
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habille | habilles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habiller. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habiller. |
Same sound, different letters: habille vs habilles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. habille runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against habilles's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: habille vs habilles
This is the hard kind. habille and habilles are pronounced identically (\a.bij\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “habille” sits inside “habilles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53800, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habille is recorded at frequency rank #10,883, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bij\. habilles is at rank #42,917, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.bij\.
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 53800, this pair ranks #138,270 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habille vs habilles
Shared letters: abehil. Private to "habille": -. Private to "habilles": s.
"habille" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "habilles" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "habille" and "habilles" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "habille" or "habilles" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "habille" / "habilles". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "habille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habilles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,270 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habille" and "habilles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habilles vs habillez". 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 #138,270 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.