Which to use
“habitée” is an adjective and “habitez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,214
- “habitée” frequency rank
- #19,850
- “habitez” frequency rank
- 38064
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habitée | habitez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de habité. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. |
Same sound, different letters: habitée vs habitez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. habitée (CVCVCVV) and habitez (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - habitée and habitez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: habitée and habitez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.bi.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38064, 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\. 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 38064, this pair ranks #257,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habitée vs habitez
Shared letters: abehit. Private to "habitée": é. Private to "habitez": z.
"habitée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "habitez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habitez ← ahbitez · habbitez · habietz · habitezz · habittez · habitze · habtiez · haibtez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "habitée" and "habitez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "habitée" or "habitez"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "habitée" 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 #257,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habitée" and "habitez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habillez vs habitez". 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 #257,928 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.