habitual
/ɐ.bi.ˈtwaɫ/
The verdict
“habitual” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,893. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,893
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que é ou se faz por hábito; usual; costumado:
Corpus desk
Index PT-habitual · habitual · Portuguese
habitual · rank #6,893 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,893
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH gatilho
Nearest frequency peer: gatilho (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “habitual”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- funk
funk
93,116 corpus weight
- fusão
fusão
93,115 corpus weight
- gatilho
gatilho
93,111 corpus weight
- habitual
habitual
93,108 corpus weight
- invadir
invadir
93,105 corpus weight
- jo
jo
93,104 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “habitual” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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) |
Onde “habitual” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around habitual (IPA /ɐ.bi.ˈtwaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,893 among 409 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how habitual appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O seu traje habitual era um pouco estranho.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "habitual", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "habitual". Here's where to go from here.
- "habitual" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "habituar". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,893 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.