homey
[həʊmi]
The verdict
“homey” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heimisch, heimelig, anheimelnd
Corpus desk
Index DE-homey · homey · German
homey · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homey |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [həʊmi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „homey“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
homey is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [həʊmi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heimisch, heimelig, anheimelnd".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for homey, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is homey, spelled H-O-M-E-Y.
Definition
- 1heimisch, heimelig, anheimelnd
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how homey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Susan's office has some homey features.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.