hábito

//ˈa.bi.tu// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,854

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

hábito is aPortuguesenoun. It means: disposição duradoura adquirida pela repetição frequente de um ato, uso ou costume Pronounced /ˈa.bi.tu/. It ranks #5,854 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with Haiti and hálito.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hábito in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for hábito is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈa.bi.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,854 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is hábito, spelled H-Á-B-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hbáito,hhábito,hábbito,hábiot,hábitto,hábtio,háibto,áhbito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hábito

Misspelling Variants of "hábito"

hbáito6hhábito7hábbito7hábiot6hábitto7hábtio6háibto6áhbito6
Misspelling Variants of "hábito"

Frequency rank: #5,854 in Portuguese

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.