Which to use
“habitez” and “habituer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,850
- “habitez” frequency rank
- #11,228
- “habituer” frequency rank
- 31078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habitez | habituer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. | Faire prendre l’habitude ou une habitude. |
Where the eye mixes habitez and habituer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. habitez runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against habituer's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: habitez vs habituer
A purely visual mix-up. habitez (\a.bi.te\) and habituer (^((h muet))\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 31078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habitez is recorded at frequency rank #19,850, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bi.te\. habituer is at rank #11,228, tagged as averb, pronounced ^((h muet))\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 31078, this pair ranks #306,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habitez vs habituer
Shared letters: abehit. Private to "habitez": z. Private to "habituer": ru.
"habitez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "habituer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "habitez" for "habituer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "habitez" or "habituer"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "habitez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habituer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,129 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habitez" and "habituer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habillez vs habitez". 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 #306,129 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.