Which to use
“habitado” is an adjective and “hábitats” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,802
- “habitado” frequency rank
- #32,247
- “hábitats” frequency rank
- 56049
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | habitado | hábitats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que vive gente allí. | Forma del plural de hábitat. |
Where the eye mixes habitado and hábitats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. habitado (CVCVCVCV) and hábitats (CVCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between habitado and hábitats
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: habitado is [aβ̞iˈt̪að̞o] while hábitats is [ˈaβ̞it̪at̪s]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56049, 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]. hábitats is at rank #32,247, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaβ̞it̪at̪s].
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 56049, this pair ranks #76,242 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of habitado vs hábitats
Shared letters: abhit. Private to "habitado": do. Private to "hábitats": sá.
"habitado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "hábitats" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- habitado ← ahbitado · habbitado · habiatdo · habitaddo · habitaod · habitdao · habittado · habtiado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "habitado" and "hábitats" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "habitado" or "hábitats"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "habitado" and "hábitats" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "habitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hábitats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,242 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "habitado" and "hábitats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habitamos vs hábitats". 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 #76,242 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.