Which to use
“humidité” and “humilité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,332
- “humidité” frequency rank
- #10,718
- “humilité” frequency rank
- 18050
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | humidité | humilité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualité de ce qui est humide. | Vertu qui nous donne le sentiment de notre faiblesse, qui réprime en nous les mouvements de l’orgueil. |
Where the eye mixes humidité and humilité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. humidité and humilité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses humidité with humilité
A purely visual mix-up. humidité (\y.mi.di.te\) and humilité (\y.mi.li.te\) 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 a single letter - d in “humidité” becomes l in “humilité”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18050, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
humidité is recorded at frequency rank #7,332, classified as anoun, pronounced \y.mi.di.te\. humilité is at rank #10,718, tagged as anoun, pronounced \y.mi.li.te\.
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 18050, this pair ranks #380,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of humidité vs humilité
Shared letters: himtué. Private to "humidité": d. Private to "humilité": l.
"humidité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "humilité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "humidité" and "humilité" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "humidité" or "humilité" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "humidité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "humilité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "humidité" and "humilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humilie vs humilité". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #380,237 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.