Homos

[ˈhoːmos]

/[ˈhoːmos]/ noun

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The verdict

“Homos” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #48,231. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,231
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Homo

Corpus desk

Index DE-homos · Homos · German

Homos · rank #48,231 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,231
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH holsteinische

Nearest frequency peer: holsteinische (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Homos“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Homos“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Homos vs hook
40% similar
Homos vs Homs
80% similar
Homos vs Humor
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Homos
PropertyValue
HeadwordHomos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈhoːmos]
Letters5
Frequency rank#48,231
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Homos“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Homosliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „holsteinische“ (#48,230), „Homs“ (#48,232), „hola“ (#48,229). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „Homos“ bei #48,231. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Homos (IPA [ˈhoːmos]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,231 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Homos, with forms such as "hhomos", "hmoos", and "hommos". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "hook", "Homs", "Humor", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Homos, spelled H-O-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Homo
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Homo
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Homo
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Homo
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Homo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhomos
  • hmoos
  • hommos
  • homoss
  • homso
  • hooms
  • ohmos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Homos - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhomos1hmoos2hommos1homoss1homso2hooms2ohmos2
Edit distance from "Homos"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Homos"?
"Homos" is spelled H-O-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhoːmos].
What does "Homos" mean?
As a noun, "Homos" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Homo
What words are commonly confused with "Homos"?
"Homos" is commonly confused with "hook", "Homs", "Humor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Homos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Homos" is [ˈhoːmos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Homos" come from?
"Homos" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Homos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hegte#48,210Jaffa#48,257Hader#48,200Jurij#48,262

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

grillo7 variantsgiven7 variantsKutter7 variantsLeibes7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list