harmony

/ˈhɑː.mə.ni/

//ˈhɑː.mə.ni// noun

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"harmony" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“harmony” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,971
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agreement or accord.

Corpus desk

Index EN-harmony · harmony · English

harmony · rank #5,971 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,971
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH happily

Nearest frequency peer: happily (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “harmony”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “harmony” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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).

harmony vs hormone
71% similar
harmony vs Harmon
71% similar
harmony vs Harman
57% similar

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

Key facts for harmony
PropertyValue
Headwordharmony
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈhɑː.mə.ni/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,971
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “harmony”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).harmonylands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “happily” (#5,970), “hmm” (#5,972), “handful” (#5,969). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “harmony” is #5,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around harmony (IPA /ˈhɑː.mə.ni/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,971 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for harmony, with forms such as "ahrmony", "hamrony", and "harmmony". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "hormone", "Harmon", "Harman", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie, armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”), either from or cognate with ἁρμόζω (harmózō, “I fit together”), from Proto-Indo-Europea… The correct English form is harmony, spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agreement or accord.
  2. 2
    A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
  3. 3
    The academic study of chords.
  4. 4
    Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
  5. 5
    The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
  6. 6
    A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how harmony appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. December 4 2010, Evan Thomas, "Why It’s Time to Worry", in Newsweek America's social harmony has depended at least to some degree on economic growth. It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead.
  2. I did not know anything more about music,only about finger exercises, difficult tasks, contradictions in the theory of harmony, and tedious piano lessons from a sarcastic teacher who saw in my […]

Etymology

From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie, armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”), either from or cognate with ἁρμόζω (harmózō, “I fit together”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit, fix together”). First attested in 1602. Doublet of harmonia.

This word in other languages

armonía(Español)harmonie(Français)Harmonie(Deutsch)harmonia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahrmony
  • hamrony
  • harmmony
  • harmnoy
  • harmonny
  • harmonyy
  • harmoyn
  • haromny
  • harrmony
  • hharmony
  • hramony

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of harmony - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ahrmony2hamrony2harmmony1harmnoy2harmonny1harmonyy1harmoyn2haromny2
Edit distance from "harmony"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "harmony"?
"harmony" is spelled H-A-R-M-O-N-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈhɑː.mə.ni/.
What does "harmony" mean?
As a noun, "harmony" means: Agreement or accord.
What words are commonly confused with "harmony"?
"harmony" is commonly confused with "hormone", "Harmon", "Harman". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "harmony"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "harmony" is /ˈhɑː.mə.ni/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "harmony"?
From Middle English armonye, from Old French harmonie, armonie, from Latin harmonia, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joint, union, agreement, concord of sounds”), either from or cognate with ἁρμόζω (harmózō, “I fit together”), from Proto-In... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

happily#5,970handful#5,969hurting#5,974grandma#5,967

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

lasting11 variantsoverview11 variantsconvert11 variantsartwork11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list