# habit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhæb.ɪt/ · frequency rank #4,764

## Definitions
1. An action performed on a regular basis.
2. An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
3. An addiction.

## Etymology
From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“to have, hold, keep”). Distantly related to gift. Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þēaw.

## Easily confused with
- **hit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hit)
- **hat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hat)
- **hai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hai)
- **hair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hair)
- **hart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hart)
- **halt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-halt)
- **hail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hail)
- **Hari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hari)
- **hast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hast)
- **Habs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-habs)
- **hain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hain)
- **Haig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-haig)
- **Haji** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-haji)
- **HIIT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hiit)
- **Haiti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-haiti)
- **haunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-haunt)
- **Hamid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hamid)
- **hakim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hakim)
- **hafiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hafiz)
- **Hayat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habit-vs-hayat)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahbit`, `habbit`, `habitt`, `habti`, `haibt`, `hbait`, `hhabit`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/habit