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“habitée” and “habituées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,214
“habitée” frequency rank
#45,649
“habituées” frequency rank
63863
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habitée habituées
Definition Féminin singulier de habité. Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif habitué.

Where the eye mixes habitée and habituées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. habitée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against habituées's 9 (CVCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
habitée
9 ch
habituées

Visual trap between habitée and habituées

A purely visual mix-up. habitée (\a.bi.te\) and habituées (\a.bi.tɥe\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63863, 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\. habituées is at rank #45,649, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.bi.tɥe\.

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 63863, this pair ranks #79,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of habitée vs habituées

Shared letters: abehité. Private to "habitée": -. Private to "habituées": su.

"habitée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "habituées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "habitée" and "habituées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\a.bi.te\ versus \a.bi.tɥe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "habitée" or "habituées"?
"habitée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,214 in our French list, against #45,649 for "habituées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "habitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "habituées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #79,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habitée" and "habituées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habillées vs habituées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #79,839 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list