Which to use
“habillée” is an adjective and “habiller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,609
- “habillée” frequency rank
- #7,065
- “habiller” frequency rank
- 20674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habillée | habiller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de habillé. | Mettre des habits à quelqu’un, le vêtir. |
Same sound, different letters: habillée vs habiller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. habillée (CVCVCCVV) and habiller (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - habillée and habiller
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: habillée and habiller carry the same recorded pronunciation, ^((h muet))\a.bi.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habillée is recorded at frequency rank #13,609, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\a.bi.je\. habiller is at rank #7,065, tagged as averb, 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 20674, this pair ranks #367,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of habillée vs habiller
Shared letters: abehil. Private to "habillée": é. Private to "habiller": r.
"habillée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "habiller" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habiller ← ahbiller · habbiller · habilelr · habiler · habillerr · habillre · habliler · haibller
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "habillée" and "habiller" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "habillée" or "habiller"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "habillée" / "habiller". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "habillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habiller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habillée" and "habiller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habillée 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 #367,090 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.