habitesvshadithsTell them apart

Quick tell: habites is a verb, hadiths is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“habites” is a verb and “hadiths” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,378
“habites” frequency rank
#42,376
“hadiths” frequency rank
58754
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habites hadiths
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. Pluriel de hadith.

Letter map: habites vs hadiths

Shared letters muted; letters that set habites and hadiths apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. habites (CVCVCVC) and hadiths (CVCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
habites
7 ch
hadiths

Grammar separator: habites vs hadiths

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: habites is averb and hadithsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58754, 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\. hadiths is at rank #42,376, tagged as anoun.

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 58754, this pair ranks #107,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of habites vs hadiths

Shared letters: ahist. Private to "habites": be. Private to "hadiths": d.

"habites" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "hadiths" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • habitesahbites · habbites · habiets · habitess · habitse · habittes · habties · haibtes
  • hadithsahdiths · haddiths · hadihts · hadithhs · hadithss · haditsh · haditths · hadtihs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "habites" for "hadiths" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "habites" is a verb and "hadiths" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "habites" or "hadiths" show up more?
"habites" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,378 in our French list, against #42,376 for "hadiths". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "habites" vs "hadiths" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "habites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hadiths" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habites" and "hadiths" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hadith vs hadiths". 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 #107,112 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