habitadovshabitamosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: habitado is a adjective, habitamos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“habitado” is an adjective and “habitamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,802
“habitado” frequency rank
#48,447
“habitamos” frequency rank
72249
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habitado habitamos
Definition Que vive gente allí. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de habitar.

Where the eye mixes habitado and habitamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. habitado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against habitamos's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
habitado
9 ch
habitamos

Why the eye confuses habitado with habitamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habitado is [aβ̞iˈt̪að̞o] while habitamos is [aβ̞iˈt̪amos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72249, 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]. habitamos is at rank #48,447, tagged as averb, pronounced [aβ̞iˈt̪amos].

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 72249, this pair ranks #25,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of habitado vs habitamos

Shared letters: abhiot. Private to "habitado": d. Private to "habitamos": ms.

"habitado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "habitamos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • habitado ← ahbitado · habbitado · habiatdo · habitaddo · habitaod · habitdao · habittado · habtiado
  • habitamos ← ahbitamos · habbitamos · habiatmos · habitammos · habitamoss · habitamso · habitaoms · habitmaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "habitado" for "habitamos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "habitado" is an adjective and "habitamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "habitado" vs "habitamos" - which ranks higher?
"habitado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,802 in our Spanish list, against #48,447 for "habitamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "habitamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habitado" and "habitamos" 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 #25,779 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