# homecoming

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/ · frequency rank #14,137

## Definitions
1. The act or event of returning home.
2. In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen.
3. In 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”).

## Common misspellings (15)
`hhomecoming`, `hmoecoming`, `hoemcoming`, `homceoming`, `homeccoming`, `homecmoing`, `homecoimng`, `homecomign`, `homecomingg`, `homecominng`, `homecomming`, `homecomnig`, `homeocming`, `hommecoming`, `ohmecoming`

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