Which to use
“ávido” is an adjective and “habido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,837
- “ávido” frequency rank
- #2,565
- “habido” frequency rank
- 38402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ávido | habido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que siente un fuerte e intenso deseo de conseguir o hacer algo. | Participio de haber. |
Same sound, different letters: ávido vs habido
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. ávido runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against habido's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: ávido vs habido
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ávido and habido carry the same recorded pronunciation, [ˈaβ̞ið̞o]. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ávido is recorded at frequency rank #35,837, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaβ̞ið̞o]. habido is at rank #2,565, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈβ̞ið̞o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 38402, this pair ranks #170,227 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ávido vs habido
Shared letters: dio. Private to "ávido": vá. Private to "habido": abh.
"ávido" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "habido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- habido ← ahbido · habbido · habdio · habiddo · habiod · haibdo · havido · hbaido
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ávido" for "habido" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ávido" or "habido" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ávido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,227 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ávido" and "habido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alió vs ávido". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #170,227 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.