homemaker

noun

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"homemaker" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“homemaker” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,027
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.

Corpus desk

Index EN-homemaker · homemaker · English

homemaker · rank #37,027 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,027
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH herbicide

Nearest frequency peer: herbicide (-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 “homemaker”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “homemaker” 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).

homemaker vs homemade
78% similar

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

Key facts for homemaker
PropertyValue
Headwordhomemaker
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,027
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “homemaker”

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).homemakerlands 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 “herbicide” (#37,026), “hotdog” (#37,028), “hots” (#37,029). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “homemaker” is #37,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around homemaker, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,027 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for homemaker, with forms such as "hhomemaker", "hmoemaker", and "hoemmaker". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "homemade", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From home + maker. The correct English form is homemaker, spelled H-O-M-E-M-A-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Forty-seven-year-old homemaker and volunteer museum guide, holder of a master's degree in English, married twenty-three years to a professor.

Etymology

From home + maker.

This word in other languages

amo de casa(Español)homme au foyer(Français)Hausmann(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhomemaker
  • hmoemaker
  • hoemmaker
  • homeamker
  • homemaekr
  • homemakerr
  • homemakker
  • homemakre
  • homemkaer
  • homemmaker
  • hommeaker
  • hommemaker
  • ohmemaker

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of homemaker - 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.

hhomemaker1hmoemaker2hoemmaker2homeamker2homemaekr2homemakerr1homemakker1homemakre2
Edit distance from "homemaker"

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 "homemaker"?
"homemaker" is spelled H-O-M-E-M-A-K-E-R.
What does "homemaker" mean?
As a noun, "homemaker" means: A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.
What words are commonly confused with "homemaker"?
"homemaker" is commonly confused with "homemade". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "homemaker"?
From home + maker. 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 "homemaker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

herbicide#37,026healthful#37,022inclement#37,043Greenwald#37,009

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

hardback13 variantsimmaturity13 variantsGriswold13 variantsgenocidal13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list