habitadovshábitoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: habitado is a adjective, hábito is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#23,353
“habitado” frequency rank
#5,854
“hábito” frequency rank
29207
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature habitado hábito
Definition algo ou alguém que se habitou ou que se habita disposição duradoura adquirida pela repetição frequente de um ato, uso ou costume

Letter map: habitado vs hábito

Shared letters muted; letters that set habitado and hábito apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. habitado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against hábito's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
habitado
6 ch
hábito

Grammar separator: habitado vs hábito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: habitado is anadjective and hábitoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29207, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

habitado is recorded at frequency rank #23,353, classified as anadj. hábito is at rank #5,854, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.bi.tu/.

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 29207, this pair ranks #39,499 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of habitado vs hábito

Shared letters: bhiot. Private to "habitado": ad. Private to "hábito": á.

"habitado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "hábito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "habitado" and "hábito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "habitado" is an adjective and "hábito" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "habitado" vs "hábito" - which ranks higher?
"hábito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,854 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "habitado" and "hábito".

  • Full dictionary entry for "habitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hábito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,499 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "habitado" and "hábito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "habilitado vs habitado". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #39,499 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list