habits
/ˈhæb.ɪts/
"habits" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“habits” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,047. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,047
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of habit
Corpus desk
Index EN-habits · habits · English
habits · rank #5,047 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,047
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH gravity
Nearest frequency peer: gravity (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “habits”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Fred
Fred
94,957 corpus weight
- gradually
gradually
94,956 corpus weight
- gravity
gravity
94,955 corpus weight
- habits
habits
94,954 corpus weight
- Hawaii
Hawaii
94,953 corpus weight
- highlight
highlight
94,952 corpus weight
What this shows “habits” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | habits |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhæb.ɪts/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “habits”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around habits (IPA /ˈhæb.ɪts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,047 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of habit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for habits, with forms such as "ahbits", "habbits", and "habist". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "hits", "hats", "Habs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is habits, spelled H-A-B-I-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of habit
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahbits
- habbits
- habist
- habitss
- habitts
- habtis
- haibts
- hbaits
- hhabits
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of habits - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).