Which to use
“habites” is a verb and “habitués” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,378
- “habites” frequency rank
- #9,018
- “habitués” frequency rank
- 25396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habites | habitués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. | Masculin pluriel de habitué. |
Where the eye mixes habites and habitués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. habites runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against habitués's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses habites with habitués
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habites is \a.bit\ while habitués is \a.bi.tɥe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habites is recorded at frequency rank #16,378, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bit\. habitués is at rank #9,018, 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 25396, this pair ranks #341,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of habites vs habitués
Shared letters: abhist. Private to "habites": e. Private to "habitués": ué.
"habites" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "habitués" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habites ← ahbites · habbites · habiets · habitess · habitse · habittes · habties · haibtes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "habites" and "habitués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "habites" or "habitués" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "habites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habitués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habites" and "habitués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habites vs haltes". 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 #341,114 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.