homecoming
/ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/
"homecoming" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“homecoming” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,137
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act or event of returning home.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homecoming |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #14,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “homecoming” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around homecoming (IPA /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,137 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for homecoming, with forms such as "hhomecoming", "hmoecoming", and "hoemcoming". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, equivalent to home + coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”). The correct English form is homecoming, spelled H-O-M-E-C-O-M-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act or event of returning home.
- 2In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen.
- 3In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen.
Etymology
From Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, equivalent to home + coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhomecoming,hmoecoming,hoemcoming,homceoming,homeccoming,homecmoing,homecoimng,homecomign,homecomingg,homecominng,homecomming,homecomnig,homeocming,hommecoming,ohmecoming
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of homecoming - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “homecoming”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O-M-E-C-O-M-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/ (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.