Which to use
“habitées” is an adjective and “habitons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,583
- “habitées” frequency rank
- #41,818
- “habitons” frequency rank
- 70401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habitées | habitons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de habité. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. |
Where the eye mixes habitées and habitons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. habitées (CVCVCVVC) and habitons (CVCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: habitées vs habitons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habitées is \a.bi.te\ while habitons is \a.bi.tɔ̃\. 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 70401, 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\. habitons is at rank #41,818, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.bi.tɔ̃\.
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 70401, this pair ranks #51,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of habitées vs habitons
Shared letters: abhist. Private to "habitées": eé. Private to "habitons": no.
"habitées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "habitons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habitons ← ahbitons · habbitons · habiotns · habitnos · habitonns · habitonss · habitosn · habittons
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "habitées" and "habitons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "habitées" vs "habitons" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "habitées" and "habitons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "habitées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habitons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habitées" and "habitons" 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 #51,433 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.