humiliéevshumilitéWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: humiliée is a adjective, humilité is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“humiliée” is an adjective and “humilité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,400
“humiliée” frequency rank
#10,718
“humilité” frequency rank
37118
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature humiliée humilité
Definition Féminin singulier de humilié. Vertu qui nous donne le sentiment de notre faiblesse, qui réprime en nous les mouvements de l’orgueil.

Where the eye mixes humiliée and humilité

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. humiliée (CVCVCVVV) and humilité (CVCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

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humiliée
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humilité

Visual trap between humiliée and humilité

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: humiliée is \y.mi.lje\ while humilité is \y.mi.li.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

humiliée is recorded at frequency rank #26,400, classified as anadj, pronounced \y.mi.lje\. 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 37118, this pair ranks #264,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of humiliée vs humilité

Shared letters: hilmué. Private to "humiliée": e. Private to "humilité": t.

"humiliée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV  ·  "humilité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "humiliée" and "humilité" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "humiliée" is an adjective and "humilité" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "humiliée" vs "humilité" - which ranks higher?
"humilité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,718 in our French list, against #26,400 for "humiliée". 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 "humiliée" and "humilité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "humiliée" 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 #264,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "humiliée" and "humilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humilie vs humiliée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #264,765 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