Which to use
“habitent” and “habitons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,718
- “habitent” frequency rank
- #41,818
- “habitons” frequency rank
- 50536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habitent | habitons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. |
Where the eye mixes habitent and habitons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. habitent and habitons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between habitent and habitons
A purely visual mix-up. habitent (\a.bit\) and habitons (\a.bi.tɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habitent is recorded at frequency rank #8,718, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bit\. 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 50536, this pair ranks #161,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habitent vs habitons
Shared letters: abhint. Private to "habitent": e. Private to "habitons": os.
"habitent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "habitons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "habitent" for "habitons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "habitent" vs "habitons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "habitent" 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 #161,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habitent" and "habitons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habitées vs habitons". 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 #161,895 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.