habit

/ˈhæb.ɪt/

//ˈhæb.ɪt// noun

The verdict

“habit” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #80,136 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#80,136
frequency rank, Spanish
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hábito.

Key facts for habit
PropertyValue
Headwordhabit
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈhæb.ɪt/
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “habit” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). habit lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for habit is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhæb.ɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #80,136 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for habit in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is habit, spelled H-A-B-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hábito.
  2. 2
    Característica, forma, disposición, aspecto.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "habit"?
"habit" is spelled H-A-B-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈhæb.ɪt/.
What does "habit" mean?
As a noun, "habit" means: Hábito.
How do you pronounce "habit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "habit" is /ˈhæb.ɪt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "habit" come from?
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Using “habit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is H-A-B-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈhæb.ɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list