habitat

/a.bi.ˈtat/

//a.bi.ˈtat// noun

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The verdict

“habitat” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,760
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que hábitat

Corpus desk

Index PT-habitat · habitat · Portuguese

habitat · rank #13,760 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,760
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hand

Nearest frequency peer: Hand (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “habitat”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “habitat” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

habitat vs hábito
57% similar
habitat vs habitual
75% similar
habitat vs habituar
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for habitat
PropertyValue
Headwordhabitat
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/a.bi.ˈtat/
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,760
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “habitat”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).habitatcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Hand” (#13,761), “hell” (#13,762), “hepatite” (#13,763). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “habitat” fica em #13,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around habitat (IPA /a.bi.ˈtat/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,760 among 409 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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

  1. 1
    o mesmo que hábitat

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how habitat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Além de abrigar a maior área contínua de Mata Atlântica do País, a região é habitat de comunidades indígenas que reivindicam demarcação de terras.

This word in other languages

habitat(English)hábitat(Español)habitat(Français)Habitat(Deutsch)

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.

ahbitat2habbitat1habiatt2habitatt1habitta2habittat1habtiat2haibtat2
Edit distance from "habitat"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "habitat"?
"habitat" is spelled H-A-B-I-T-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is /a.bi.ˈtat/.
What does "habitat" mean?
As a noun, "habitat" means: o mesmo que hábitat
What words are commonly confused with "habitat"?
"habitat" is commonly confused with "hábito", "habitual", "habituar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "habitat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "habitat" is /a.bi.ˈtat/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "habitat" come from?
"habitat" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "habitat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

goleada#13,756fratura#13,744malária#13,784moleque#13,792

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gestação10 variantsenterrar10 variantsclínico10 variantsclareza10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list