# homage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɒmɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #12,788

## Definitions
1. A demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death.
2. An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style.
3. In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.

## Etymology
From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homō (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -āticum (noun-forming suffix). The American pronunciations in /-ɑːʒ/ and with silent h are due to confusion with the nearly synonymous doublet hommage, which is indeed pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.

## Easily confused with
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homage-vs-home)
- **homie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homage-vs-homie)
- **Homme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homage-vs-homme)
- **humane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homage-vs-humane)
- **Horace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homage-vs-horace)
- **hombre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homage-vs-hombre)
- **hostage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homage-vs-hostage)
- **Hodge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hodge-vs-homage)
- **Hoare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoare-vs-homage)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hhomage`, `hmoage`, `hoamge`, `homaeg`, `homagge`, `homgae`, `hommage`, `ohmage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/homage