habu
noun
habu is spelled H-A-B-U: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, habu means “Any of several venomous snake species of Asia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of habu is habus.
How many letters and syllables are in habu?
| Letters | 4: H-A-B-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 habu?
Habu appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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).
What rhymes with habu?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as habu.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bahu.
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 habu
- habus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does habu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of several venomous snake species of Asia.
- 2
An aircraft nicknamed for these snakes, the SR-71.
- 3
A crewmember of these aircraft.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does habu come from?
From Japanese 波布 (habu).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).