habitability

noun

"habitability" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“habitability” is uncommon English (frequency #71,552 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,552
frequency rank, English
23,837
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The property of being habitable.

Key facts for habitability
PropertyValue
Headwordhabitability
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#71,552
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “habitability” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). habitability lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

habitability is uncommon English at frequency #71,552 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being habitable.".

No misspelling variants are generated for habitability in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From habitable + -ity. The correct English form is habitability, spelled H-A-B-I-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The property of being habitable.

Etymology

From habitable + -ity.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "habitability"?
"habitability" is spelled H-A-B-I-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
What does "habitability" mean?
As a noun, "habitability" means: The property of being habitable.
What is the origin of the word "habitability"?
From habitable + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “habitability”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is H-A-B-I-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list