habitat
/a.bi.ˈtat/
The verdict
“habitat” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #13,760 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,760
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o mesmo que hábitat
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | habitat |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /a.bi.ˈtat/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “habitat” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for habitat is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.bi.ˈtat/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,760 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "o mesmo que hábitat".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for habitat, with forms such as "ahbitat", "habbitat", and "habiatt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "hábito", "habitual", "habituar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is habitat, spelled H-A-B-I-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que hábitat
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahbitat,habbitat,habiatt,habitatt,habitta,habittat,habtiat,haibtat,hbaitat,hhabitat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of habitat - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “habitat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-A-B-I-T-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /a.bi.ˈtat/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hábito” - see the side-by-side comparison. habitat vs hábito
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.