habile
/ˈhæbəl/
"habile" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“habile” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Generally able or adroit; handy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-habile · habile · English
habile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | habile |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhæbəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “habile” in English
Rare enough to double-check
habile is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈhæbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Generally able or adroit; handy.".
habile doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English habil, from Old French habile, from Latin habilis (“suitable; apt”), from habeō (“I handle”). Doublet of able. The correct English form is habile, spelled H-A-B-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Generally able or adroit; handy.
Etymology
From Middle English habil, from Old French habile, from Latin habilis (“suitable; apt”), from habeō (“I handle”). Doublet of able.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.