Which to use
“habitée” is an adjective and “habites” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,214
- “habitée” frequency rank
- #16,378
- “habites” frequency rank
- 34592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habitée | habites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de habité. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. |
Where the eye mixes habitée and habites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. habitée (CVCVCVV) and habites (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between habitée and habites
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habitée is \a.bi.te\ while habites is \a.bit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habitée is recorded at frequency rank #18,214, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.bi.te\. 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 34592, this pair ranks #282,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habitée vs habites
Shared letters: abehit. Private to "habitée": é. Private to "habites": s.
"habitée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "habites" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habites ← ahbites · habbites · habiets · habitess · habitse · habittes · habties · haibtes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "habitée" and "habites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "habitée" vs "habites" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "habitée" 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 #282,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habitée" 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 #282,745 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.