habit-forming
"habit-forming" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“habit-forming” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Addictive; likely to cause dependence or recurrence of use.
Corpus desk
Index EN-habit-forming · habit-forming · English
habit-forming · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | habit-forming |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “habit-forming” in English
Rare enough to double-check
habit-forming is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Addictive; likely to cause dependence or recurrence of use.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for habit-forming, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is habit-forming, spelled H-A-B-I-T---F-O-R-M-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Addictive; likely to cause dependence or recurrence of use.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how habit-forming appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many governments prohibit the advertising of habit-forming substances to minors.
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.