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“habillées” and “habituées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,056
“habillées” frequency rank
#45,649
“habituées” frequency rank
76705
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habillées habituées
Definition Féminin pluriel de habillé. Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif habitué.

Where the eye mixes habillées and habituées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. habillées (CVCVCCVVC) and habituées (CVCVCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

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Look-alike desk: habillées vs habituées

A purely visual mix-up. habillées (^((h muet))\a.bi.je\) and habituées (\a.bi.tɥe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

habillées is recorded at frequency rank #31,056, classified as anadj, pronounced ^((h muet))\a.bi.je\. habituées is at rank #45,649, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.bi.tɥe\.

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 76705, this pair ranks #30,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of habillées vs habituées

Shared letters: abehisé. Private to "habillées": l. Private to "habituées": tu.

"habillées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "habituées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "habillées" for "habituées" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (^((h muet))\a.bi.je\ versus \a.bi.tɥe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "habillées" or "habituées" show up more?
"habillées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,056 in our French list, against #45,649 for "habituées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "habillées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "habituées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habillées" and "habituées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habillées vs habillez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #30,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list