habituation
/həˌbɪt.juˈeɪ.ʃən/
"habituation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“habituation” is uncommon English (frequency #78,657 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,657
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
Corpus desk
Index EN-habituation · habituation · English
habituation · rank #78,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,657
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH guzzle
Nearest frequency peer: guzzle (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “habituation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gummer
gummer
21,349 corpus weight
- Guntur
Guntur
21,348 corpus weight
- guzzle
guzzle
21,347 corpus weight
- habituation
habituation
21,344 corpus weight
- hajji
hajji
21,341 corpus weight
- haplogroup
haplogroup
21,338 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “habituation” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | habituation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /həˌbɪt.juˈeɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “habituation” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
habituation is uncommon English at frequency #78,657 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /həˌbɪt.juˈeɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for habituation in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English habituacioun, from Medieval Latin habituātio. The correct English form is habituation, spelled H-A-B-I-T-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
- 2The process of becoming accustomed to an internal or external stimulus, such as a noxious smell or loud noise.
Etymology
From Middle English habituacioun, from Medieval Latin habituātio.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency 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.