Homan
"homan" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Homan” is uncommon English (frequency #69,930 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,930
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German.
Corpus desk
Index EN-homan · Homan · English
Homan · rank #69,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,930
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH HMC
Nearest frequency peer: HMC (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Homan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hemorrhoid
hemorrhoid
30,075 corpus weight
- HMC
HMC
30,072 corpus weight
- Homan
Homan
30,071 corpus weight
- hones
hones
30,070 corpus weight
- honeyed
honeyed
30,069 corpus weight
- horrendously
horrendously
30,067 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Homan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Homan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Homan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Homan is uncommon English at frequency #69,930 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from German.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Homan, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Homann. The correct English form is Homan, spelled H-O-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from German.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Homan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Homan said the revolving-door syndrome is particularly frustrating and she and others have been pushing for the repeat offenders to be prohibited from returning.
Mr. Homan has been the agency’s executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations, the division that carries out the removals.
Etymology
Variant of Homann.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).