habitable
/ˈhæbɪtəbəl/adjective
habitable is spelled H-A-B-I-T-A-B-L-E: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, habitable means “Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in habitable?
| Letters | 9: H-A-B-I-T-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,463rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is habitable?
Habitable appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce habitable?
- US /ˈhæbɪtəbəl/
- British /ˈhabɪtəb(ə)l/
Habitable has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-habitable.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with habitable?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as habitable from its last stressed vowel (/æbɪtəbəl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of habitable
- more habitable comparative
- most habitable superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does habitable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
After we found the freshwater spring we were more confident that the place was habitable.
- 2
Of an astronomical object: capable of supporting, or giving rise to, life.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Habitable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense where humans or other animals can live – see also inhabitable:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does habitable come from?
From Middle English abitable, habytable, from Middle French habitable, from Latin habitābilis (“habitable”), from habitō (“dwell, live”). By surface analysis, habit (“inhabit”) + able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).