habitação vs habitado, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“habitação” is a noun and “habitado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,427
“habitação” frequency rank: #23,353
“habitado” frequency rank: 29780
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	habitação	habitado
Definition	lugar ou casa onde se habita	algo ou alguém que se habitou ou que se habita

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set habitação and habitado apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch

habitação

8 ch

habitado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: habitação is anoun and habitadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

habitação is recorded at frequency rank #6,427, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.bi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. habitado is at rank #23,353, tagged as anadj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 29780, this pair ranks #38,794 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of habitação vs habitado

Shared letters: abhiot. Private to "habitação": ãç. Private to "habitado": d.

"habitação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "habitado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

habitado ← ahbitado · habbitado · habiatdo · habitaddo · habitaod · habitdao · habittado · habtiado

Frequency comparison

habitação#6,427

habitado#23,353

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "habitação" and "habitado" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "habitação" is a noun and "habitado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "habitação" or "habitado"?

"habitação" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,427 in our Portuguese list, against #23,353 for "habitado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering habitação vs habitado

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “habitação”; for an adjective, it's “habitado”.
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