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

#28,583
“habitées” frequency rank
#6,706
“habitué” frequency rank
35289
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habitées habitué
Definition Féminin pluriel de habité. Qui a l’habitude.

Where the eye mixes habitées and habitué

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. habitées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against habitué's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
habitées
7 ch
habitué

Look-alike desk: habitées vs habitué

A purely visual mix-up. habitées (\a.bi.te\) and habitué (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35289, 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\. habitué is at rank #6,706, 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 35289, this pair ranks #277,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of habitées vs habitué

Shared letters: abhité. Private to "habitées": es. Private to "habitué": u.

"habitées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "habitué" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "habitées" and "habitué" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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, "habitées" or "habitué"?
"habitué" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,706 in our French list, against #28,583 for "habitées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "habitées" and "habitué" 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 "habitué" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #277,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habitées" and "habitué" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habitées vs habituées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #277,834 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