Which to use
“habillez” and “habitez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,488
- “habillez” frequency rank
- #19,850
- “habitez” frequency rank
- 64338
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habillez | habitez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiller. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. |
Where the eye mixes habillez and habitez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. habillez runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against habitez's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between habillez and habitez
A purely visual mix-up. habillez (\a.bi.je\) and habitez (\a.bi.te\) 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 64338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habillez is recorded at frequency rank #44,488, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bi.je\. habitez is at rank #19,850, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.bi.te\.
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 64338, this pair ranks #77,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of habillez vs habitez
Shared letters: abehiz. Private to "habillez": l. Private to "habitez": t.
"habillez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "habitez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "habillez" for "habitez" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "habillez" and "habitez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "habillez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habitez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habillez" and "habitez" 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 #77,538 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.