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Which to use

“habidas” and “habidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,786
“habidas” frequency rank
#38,162
“habidos” frequency rank
77948
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habidas habidos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de habido, participio de haber. Forma del plural de habido, participio de haber.

Where the eye mixes habidas and habidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
habidas
7 ch
habidos

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. habidas ([aˈβ̞ið̞as]) and habidos ([aˈβ̞ið̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “habidas” becomes o in “habidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

habidas is recorded at frequency rank #39,786, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aˈβ̞ið̞as]. habidos is at rank #38,162, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aˈβ̞ið̞os].

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 77948, this pair ranks #15,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of habidas vs habidos

Shared letters: abdhis. Private to "habidas": -. Private to "habidos": o.

"habidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "habidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • habidasahbidas · habbidas · habdias · habiads · habidass · habiddas · habidsa · haibdas
  • habidosahbidos · habbidos · habdios · habiddos · habidoss · habidso · habiods · haibdos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "habidas" and "habidos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aˈβ̞ið̞as] versus [aˈβ̞ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "habidas" or "habidos"?
"habidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,162 in our Spanish list, against #39,786 for "habidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "habidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "habidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habidas" and "habidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ávidos vs habidos". 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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list