Which to use
“habitado” is an adjective and “habitados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,802
- “habitado” frequency rank
- #45,355
- “habitados” frequency rank
- 69157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habitado | habitados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que vive gente allí. | Forma del plural de habitado, participio de habitar. |
Where the eye mixes habitado and habitados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. habitado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against habitados's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses habitado with habitados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habitado is [aβ̞iˈt̪að̞o] while habitados is [aβ̞iˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “habitado” sits inside “habitados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
habitado is recorded at frequency rank #23,802, classified as anadj, pronounced [aβ̞iˈt̪að̞o]. habitados is at rank #45,355, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [aβ̞iˈt̪að̞os].
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 69157, this pair ranks #32,669 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of habitado vs habitados
Shared letters: abdhiot. Private to "habitado": -. Private to "habitados": s.
"habitado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "habitados" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "habitado" and "habitados" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "habitado" vs "habitados" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "habitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habitados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,669 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habitado" and "habitados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habitados vs habitamos". 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 #32,669 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.