habitual
/ɐ.bi.ˈtwaɫ/
The verdict
“habitual” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,893 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #6,893
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que é ou se faz por hábito; usual; costumado:
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 | habitual |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɐ.bi.ˈtwaɫ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “habitual” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for habitual is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.bi.ˈtwaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,893 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que é ou se faz por hábito; usual; costumado:".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for habitual, with forms such as "ahbitual", "habbitual", and "habitaul". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "habituar", "habitat", "habitar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is habitual, spelled H-A-B-I-T-U-A-L.
Definition
- 1que é ou se faz por hábito; usual; costumado:
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahbitual,habbitual,habitaul,habittual,habituall,habitula,habiutal,habtiual,haibtual,hbaitual,hhabitual
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of habitual - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “habitual”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-A-B-I-T-U-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.bi.ˈtwaɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “habituar” - see the side-by-side comparison. habitual vs habituar
- 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.