habit

/ˈhæb.ɪt/

//ˈhæb.ɪt// noun

The verdict

“habit” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,136 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,136
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hábito.

Corpus desk

Index ES-habit · habit · Spanish

habit · rank #80,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,136
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH gustosa

Nearest frequency peer: gustosa (-2 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “habit”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “habit” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Cola larga: rango de “habit” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).habitcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “gustosa” (#80,134), “guayacán” (#80,133), “guadalupano” (#80,132). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “habit” va en #80,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

habit is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,136 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhæb.ɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "habit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list