Which to use
“habite” and “habites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,007
- “habite” frequency rank
- #16,378
- “habites” frequency rank
- 19385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habite | habites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. |
Same sound, different letters: habite vs habites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - habite and habites
This is the hard kind. habite and habites are pronounced identically (\a.bit\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “habite” sits inside “habites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habite is recorded at frequency rank #3,007, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bit\. habites is at rank #16,378, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.bit\.
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 19385, this pair ranks #373,542 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of habite vs habites
Shared letters: abehit. Private to "habite": -. Private to "habites": s.
"habite" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "habites" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "habite" and "habites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "habite" or "habites"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "habite" / "habites". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "habite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,542 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habite" and "habites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habites vs haltes". 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 #373,542 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.