inhabitable
/ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/
"inhabitable" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inhabitable” is uncommon English (frequency #87,399 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,399
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fit to live in; habitable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inhabitable · inhabitable · English
inhabitable · rank #87,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,399
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH injun
Nearest frequency peer: injun (+2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “inhabitable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hypoplasia
hypoplasia
12,610 corpus weight
- improver
improver
12,606 corpus weight
- inhabitable
inhabitable
12,602 corpus weight
- injun
injun
12,600 corpus weight
- insincerity
insincerity
12,598 corpus weight
- inundate
inundate
12,595 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “inhabitable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inhabitable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inhabitable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inhabitable is uncommon English at frequency #87,399 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fit to live in; habitable.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for inhabitable, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From inhabit + -able. The correct English form is inhabitable, spelled I-N-H-A-B-I-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Fit to live in; habitable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inhabitable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is more ſuitable to the wiſdom, power and greatneſs of God, to think that the fixt Stars are all of them Suns, with Syſtems of inhabitable Planets moving about them, to whoſe Inhabitants he diſplays the marks of his Goodneſs as well as to us[…]
Etymology
From inhabit + -able.
Antonyms
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.
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