Which to use
“habillent” and “habillez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,376
- “habillent” frequency rank
- #44,488
- “habillez” frequency rank
- 73864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habillent | habillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiller. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiller. |
Where the eye mixes habillent and habillez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. habillent runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against habillez's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: habillent vs habillez
A purely visual mix-up. habillent (\a.bij\) and habillez (\a.bi.je\) 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 73864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habillent is recorded at frequency rank #29,376, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bij\. habillez is at rank #44,488, tagged as averb, pronounced \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 73864, this pair ranks #39,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of habillent vs habillez
Shared letters: abehil. Private to "habillent": nt. Private to "habillez": z.
"habillent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "habillez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "habillent" and "habillez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "habillent" or "habillez"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "habillent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habillez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habillent" and "habillez" 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 #39,040 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.