Which to use
“habitées” is an adjective and “habitez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,583
- “habitées” frequency rank
- #19,850
- “habitez” frequency rank
- 48433
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habitées | habitez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de habité. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. |
Same sound, different letters: habitées vs habitez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. habitées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against habitez's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: habitées vs habitez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: habitées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habitées is recorded at frequency rank #28,583, 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 48433, this pair ranks #178,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habitées vs habitez
Shared letters: abehit. Private to "habitées": sé. Private to "habitez": z.
"habitées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "habitez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habitez ← ahbitez · habbitez · habietz · habitezz · habittez · habitze · habtiez · haibtez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "habitées" and "habitez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "habitées" or "habitez"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "habitées" / "habitez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "habitées" 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 #178,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habitées" and "habitez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habitées vs habituées". 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 #178,977 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.