Homie
[ˈhoːmi]
The verdict
“Homie” is uncommon German (frequency #54,617 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,617
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kumpel, Freund (mit dem man zusammen in einer Bande oder Gang Mitglied ist)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Homie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhoːmi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,617 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Homie” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Homie is uncommon German at frequency #54,617 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhoːmi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kumpel, Freund (mit dem man zusammen in einer Bande oder Gang Mitglied ist)".
Zero misspellings are on record for Homie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Homie, spelled H-O-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1Kumpel, Freund (mit dem man zusammen in einer Bande oder Gang Mitglied ist)
This word in other languages
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Homie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-O-M-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhoːmi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.