# homestead

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/ · frequency rank #15,187

## Definitions
1. A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.
2. A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.
3. The place that is one's home.
4. A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family.
5. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.

## Etymology
From Middle English hamstede, hemstede (attested in placenames), from Old English hāmstede (“homestead”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimastadi (“homestead”). By surface analysis, home + stead. Cognate with Old Frisian hāmstede, hēmstede (“homestead”), Dutch heemstede (“homestead”), German Heimstatt, Heimstätte (“homestead”), Swedish hemstad (“homestead”), Old Icelandic heimstǫð (“homestead”). Doublet of Hampstead and Hempstead.

## Easily confused with
- **Hampstead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hampstead-vs-homestead)
- **Hempstead** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hempstead-vs-homestead)

## Common misspellings (13)
`hhomestead`, `hmoestead`, `hoemstead`, `homesetad`, `homesstead`, `homestaed`, `homesteadd`, `homesteda`, `homesttead`, `hometsead`, `hommestead`, `homsetead`, `ohmestead`

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