Which to use
“habiller” and “habillez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,065
- “habiller” frequency rank
- #44,488
- “habillez” frequency rank
- 51553
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habiller | habillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre des habits à quelqu’un, le vêtir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiller. |
Where the eye mixes habiller and habillez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. habiller and habillez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between habiller and habillez
A purely visual mix-up. habiller (^((h muet))\a.bi.je\) 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 a single letter - r in “habiller” becomes z in “habillez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habiller is recorded at frequency rank #7,065, classified as averb, pronounced ^((h muet))\a.bi.je\. 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 51553, this pair ranks #154,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habiller vs habillez
Shared letters: abehil. Private to "habiller": r. Private to "habillez": z.
"habiller" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "habillez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "habiller" for "habillez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "habiller" vs "habillez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "habiller" 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 #154,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habiller" 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 #154,148 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.