homescreen

noun

"homescreen" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“homescreen” is uncommon English (frequency #77,772 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,772
frequency rank, English
23,837
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The main or first interface shown in a graphical user interface.

Key facts for homescreen
PropertyValue
Headwordhomescreen
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,772
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “homescreen” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). homescreen lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

homescreen is uncommon English at frequency #77,772 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The main or first interface shown in a graphical user interface.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for homescreen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From home + screen. The correct English form is homescreen, spelled H-O-M-E-S-C-R-E-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The main or first interface shown in a graphical user interface.

Etymology

From home + screen.

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 "homescreen"?
"homescreen" is spelled H-O-M-E-S-C-R-E-E-N.
What does "homescreen" mean?
As a noun, "homescreen" means: The main or first interface shown in a graphical user interface.
What is the origin of the word "homescreen"?
From home + screen. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “homescreen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is H-O-M-E-S-C-R-E-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list