hábito

/ˈa.bi.tu/

//ˈa.bi.tu// noun

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The verdict

“hábito” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,854. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,854
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - disposição duradoura adquirida pela repetição frequente de um ato, uso ou costume

Corpus desk

Index PT-habito · hábito · Portuguese

hábito · rank #5,854 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,854
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH iluminação

Nearest frequency peer: iluminação (+2 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 “hábito”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “hábito” 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).

hábito vs Haiti
33% similar
hábito vs hálito
83% similar
hábito vs hábil
67% similar

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

Key facts for hábito
PropertyValue
Headwordhábito
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈa.bi.tu/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,854
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “hábito”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).hábitocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “iluminação” (#5,856), “ilusão” (#5,857), “implantação” (#5,858). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hábito” fica em #5,854. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around hábito (IPA /ˈa.bi.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,854 among 409 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for hábito, with forms such as "hbáito", "hhábito", and "hábbito". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Haiti", "hálito", "hábil", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is hábito, spelled H-Á-B-I-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    disposição duradoura adquirida pela repetição frequente de um ato, uso ou costume
  2. 2
    certo costume, prática, uso
  3. 3
    a forma cristalina característica de um mineral
  4. 4
    vestimenta de uma certa ordem religiosa, profissão etc

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eu tenho o hábito de tomar café de manhã.
  2. Nós ocidentais temos o hábito de dar um aperto de mão ao nos encontrarmos.

This word in other languages

habit(English)hábito(Español)habitude(Français)Gewohnheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hbáito
  • hhábito
  • hábbito
  • hábiot
  • hábitto
  • hábtio
  • háibto
  • áhbito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hábito - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hbáito2hhábito1hábbito1hábiot2hábitto1hábtio2háibto2áhbito2
Edit distance from "hábito"

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 "hábito"?
"hábito" is spelled H-Á-B-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈa.bi.tu/.
What does "hábito" mean?
As a noun, "hábito" means: disposição duradoura adquirida pela repetição frequente de um ato, uso ou costume
What words are commonly confused with "hábito"?
"hábito" is commonly confused with "Haiti", "hálito", "hábil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hábito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hábito" is /ˈa.bi.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hábito" come from?
"hábito" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ilusão#5,857engano#5,845pintar#5,877banana#5,826

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

party8 variantsaposto8 variantsUNESCO8 variantsconfia8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list