hábito

/[ˈaβ̞it̪o]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,128

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

hábito is aSpanishnoun. It means: Actividad o comportamiento que, por repetirse de manera rutinaria o con cierto grado de frecuencia, se ha vuelto natural para quien la ejerce. Pronounced [ˈaβ̞it̪o]. It ranks #8,128 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with hito and hato.

Key facts for hábito
PropertyValue
Headwordhábito
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaβ̞it̪o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,128
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hábito is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaβ̞it̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,128 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for hábito, with forms such as "hbáito", "hhábito", and "hábbito". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "hito", "hato", "hablo", 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 hábito, spelled H-Á-B-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Actividad o comportamiento que, por repetirse de manera rutinaria o con cierto grado de frecuencia, se ha vuelto natural para quien la ejerce.
  2. 2
    Traje que denota la profesión, ocupación o casta de una persona.
  3. 3
    En especial, aquel que visten los monjes de diversas religiones y algunos religiosos cristianos.
  4. 4
    Distintivo o vestimenta que identificaba a los miembros de las órdenes militares cristianas.
  5. 5
    Por extensión, cada una de estas órdenes.
  6. 6
    Reducción del efecto que una droga tiene sobre el cuerpo, causada por su administración repetida y continuada.
  7. 7
    Estado somático o psíquico de dependencia de una droga, causado por su administración repetida y continuada.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hbáito,hhábito,hábbito,hábiot,hábitto,hábtio,háibto,hávito,áhbito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hábito

Misspelling Variants of "hábito"

hbáito6hhábito7hábbito7hábiot6hábitto7hábtio6háibto6hávito6
Misspelling Variants of "hábito"

Frequency rank: #8,128 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hábito"?
"hábito" is spelled H-Á-B-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaβ̞it̪o].
What does "hábito" mean?
As a noun, "hábito" means: Actividad o comportamiento que, por repetirse de manera rutinaria o con cierto grado de frecuencia, se ha vuelto natural para quien la ejerce.
What words are commonly confused with "hábito"?
"hábito" is commonly confused with "hito", "hato", "hablo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hábito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hábito" is [ˈaβ̞it̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hábito" come from?
"hábito" 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.