habilidad

/[aβ̞iliˈð̞að̞]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,416

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

habilidad is aSpanishnoun. It means: Capacidad, inteligencia, efectividad y disposición para hacer algo. Pronounced [aβ̞iliˈð̞að̞]. It ranks #3,416 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with habilitar and habilitado.

Key facts for habilidad
PropertyValue
Headwordhabilidad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aβ̞iliˈð̞að̞]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,416
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of habilidad in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for habilidad is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞iliˈð̞að̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,416 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for habilidad, with forms such as "ahbilidad", "habbilidad", and "habiildad". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "habilitar", "habilitado", "habilitada", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is habilidad, spelled H-A-B-I-L-I-D-A-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capacidad, inteligencia, efectividad y disposición para hacer algo.
  2. 2
    Gracia y destreza en ejecutar una cosa, especialmente aquella que sirve de adorno al sujeto; como bailar, montar a caballo, etc.
  3. 3
    Cada una de las cosas que una persona ejecuta con eficacia, gracia y destreza.
  4. 4
    Título que algunos reyes de Francia de la Dinastía Merovingia otorgaban a ciertos oficiales.
  5. 5
    Situación que se crea con astucia e ingenio para manipular y obtener algo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahbilidad,habbilidad,habiildad,habildiad,habiliadd,habilidadd,habilidda,habiliddad,habillidad,habliidad,haiblidad,havilidad,hbailidad,hhabilidad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for habilidad

Misspelling Variants of "habilidad"

ahbilidad9habbilidad10habiildad9habildiad9habiliadd9habilidadd10habilidda9habiliddad10
Misspelling Variants of "habilidad"

Frequency rank: #3,416 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "habilidad"?
"habilidad" is spelled H-A-B-I-L-I-D-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [aβ̞iliˈð̞að̞].
What does "habilidad" mean?
As a noun, "habilidad" means: Capacidad, inteligencia, efectividad y disposición para hacer algo.
What words are commonly confused with "habilidad"?
"habilidad" is commonly confused with "habilitar", "habilitado", "habilitada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "habilidad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "habilidad" is [aβ̞iliˈð̞að̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "habilidad" come from?
"habilidad" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.