habitation

Other forms of habitation

plural

habitations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about habitation

What does habitation mean?

habitation means "the native habitat or home of an animal or plant". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in habitation?

habitation has 4 syllables: hab-i-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌhæbəˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for habitation?

Close synonyms include dwelling, home, domicile, abode, dwelling house. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is habitation a common word?

habitation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with habitation?

89 words rhyme with habitation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.