habitablevshabitablesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#30,500
“habitable” frequency rank
#45,972
“habitables” frequency rank
76472
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habitable habitables
Definition Que puede ser habitado. Forma del plural de habitable.

Where the eye mixes habitable and habitables

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. habitable runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCV) against habitables's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
habitable
10 ch
habitables

Look-alike desk: habitable vs habitables

A purely visual mix-up. habitable ([aβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞le]) and habitables ([aβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞les]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “habitable” sits inside “habitables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

habitable is recorded at frequency rank #30,500, classified as anadj, pronounced [aβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞le]. habitables is at rank #45,972, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞les].

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 76472, this pair ranks #17,700 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of habitable vs habitables

Shared letters: abehilt. Private to "habitable": -. Private to "habitables": s.

"habitable" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV  ·  "habitables" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • habitable ← ahbitable · habbitable · habiatble · habitabble · habitabel · habitablle · habitalbe · habitbale
  • habitables ← ahbitables · habbitables · habiatbles · habitabbles · habitabels · habitabless · habitablles · habitablse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "habitable" and "habitables" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞le] versus [aβ̞iˈt̪aβ̞les]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "habitable" or "habitables"?
"habitable" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,500 in our Spanish list, against #45,972 for "habitables". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "habitable" and "habitables" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "habitable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "habitables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,700 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habitable" and "habitables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habitaba vs habitable". 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 #17,700 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list