habitonsvshabitsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#41,818
“habitons” frequency rank
#7,706
“habits” frequency rank
49524
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habitons habits
Definition Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de habiter. Pluriel de habit.

Where the eye mixes habitons and habits

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

8 ch
habitons
6 ch
habits

Visual trap between habitons and habits

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habitons is \a.bi.tɔ̃\ while habits is ^((h muet))\a.bi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

habitons is recorded at frequency rank #41,818, classified as averb, pronounced \a.bi.tɔ̃\. habits is at rank #7,706, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\a.bi\.

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 49524, this pair ranks #169,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of habitons vs habits

Shared letters: abhist. Private to "habitons": no. Private to "habits": -.

"habitons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC  ·  "habits" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • habitonsahbitons · habbitons · habiotns · habitnos · habitonns · habitonss · habitosn · habittons
  • habitsahbits · habbits · habist · habitss · habitts · habtis · haibts · hbaits

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "habitons" and "habits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "habitons" is a verb and "habits" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "habitons" or "habits"?
"habits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,706 in our French list, against #41,818 for "habitons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "habitons" and "habits" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "habitons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "habits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #169,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habitons" and "habits" 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 #169,927 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