Which to use
“habitado” is an adjective and “habitan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,802
- “habitado” frequency rank
- #11,060
- “habitan” frequency rank
- 34862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habitado | habitan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que vive gente allí. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de habitar. |
Where the eye mixes habitado and habitan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. habitado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against habitan's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between habitado and habitan
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habitado is [aβ̞iˈt̪að̞o] while habitan is [aˈβ̞it̪ãn]. 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 34862, 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]. habitan is at rank #11,060, tagged as averb, pronounced [aˈβ̞it̪ãn].
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 34862, this pair ranks #189,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of habitado vs habitan
Shared letters: abhit. Private to "habitado": do. Private to "habitan": n.
"habitado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "habitan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "habitado" for "habitan" ever safe?
Frequency check: "habitado" vs "habitan" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "habitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "habitan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habitado" and "habitan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habitado 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 #189,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.