inhabitant
in·hab·i·tant/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/noun, adjective
inhabitant is spelled I-N-H-A-B-I-T-A-N-T: 10 letters and 4 syllables (in·hab·i·tant). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, inhabitant means “Someone or thing who lives in a place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of inhabitant is inhabitants.
How many letters and syllables are in inhabitant?
| Letters | 10: I-N-H-A-B-I-T-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: in·hab·i·tant |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,863rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is inhabitant?
Inhabitant appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd 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 inhabitant?
- /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/
Inhabitant has 4 syllables, split in·hab·i·tant in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-inhabitant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of inhabitant
- inhabitants plural
- enhabitant
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does inhabitant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone or thing who lives in a place.
- 2
A possible value for a type.
adjective
- 1
resident
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate inhabitant?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of inhabitant: inhab..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Inhabitant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone or thing who lives in a place:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | habitant, habitante, résident, résidente |
| German | Einwohner, Einwohnerin, Bewohner, Bewohnerin |
| Portuguese | habitante |
| Spanish | habitante |
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 inhabitant come from?
From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit + -ant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).