Which to use
“habitée” and “hantée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,214
- “habitée” frequency rank
- #28,586
- “hantée” frequency rank
- 46800
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habitée | hantée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de habité. | Féminin singulier de hanté. |
Where the eye mixes habitée and hantée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. habitée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against hantée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between habitée and hantée
A purely visual mix-up. habitée (\a.bi.te\) and hantée (^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.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 46800, 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\. hantée is at rank #28,586, tagged as anadj, pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃.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 46800, this pair ranks #191,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habitée vs hantée
Shared letters: aehté. Private to "habitée": bi. Private to "hantée": n.
"habitée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "hantée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "habitée" and "hantée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "habitée" or "hantée" show up more?
What to do next
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 "hantée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habitée" and "hantée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hantée vs Hatem". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #191,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.