Homeric
/həʊˈmɛɹɪk/
"homeric" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Homeric” is an uncommon English word, ranked #53,001 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #53,001
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Homeric |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /həʊˈmɛɹɪk/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Homeric” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Homeric is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /həʊˈmɛɹɪk/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,001 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Homeric in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin homēricus (“of or pertaining to Homer; Homeric”), from Ancient Greek Ὁμηρικός (Homērikós), from Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, “Homer”) (possibly from ὅμηρος (hómēros, “hostage”), a nickname) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming relational adjectives) (ultimately fr… The correct English form is Homeric, spelled H-O-M-E-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1Resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer.
- 2Of or pertaining to Greece during the Bronze Age, as described in Homer's works.
- 3Fit to be immortalized in poetry by Homer; epic, heroic.
Etymology
From Latin homēricus (“of or pertaining to Homer; Homeric”), from Ancient Greek Ὁμηρικός (Homērikós), from Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, “Homer”) (possibly from ὅμηρος (hómēros, “hostage”), a nickname) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming relational adjectives) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos (suffix forming relational adjectives)); analysable as Homer + -ic.
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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 “Homeric”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-O-M-E-R-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /həʊˈmɛɹɪk/ (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.