Which to use
“habits” and “hadith” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,047
- “habits” frequency rank
- #29,303
- “hadith” frequency rank
- 34350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habits | hadith |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of habit | An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad or sometimes one of his companions not otherwise found in the Quran. |
Where the eye mixes habits and hadith
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. habits and hadith follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: habits vs hadith
A purely visual mix-up. habits (/ˈhæb.ɪts/) and hadith ([həˈdiːθ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habits is recorded at frequency rank #5,047, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈhæb.ɪts/. hadith is at rank #29,303, tagged as anoun, pronounced [həˈdiːθ].
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 34350, this pair ranks #321,604 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habits vs hadith
Shared letters: ahit. Private to "habits": bs. Private to "hadith": d.
"habits" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "hadith" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "habits" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hadith" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,604 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habits" and "hadith" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hadith vs Hamish". 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 #321,604 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.