hometown
/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/noun
hometown is spelled H-O-M-E-T-O-W-N: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “home town vs hometown” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, hometown means “An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hometown is hometowns.
How many letters and syllables are in hometown?
| Letters | 8: H-O-M-E-T-O-W-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hometown?
Hometown appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hometown?
- US /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/
Hometown has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hometown.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hometown
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: home town (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with hometown?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hometown (/oʊmtaʊn/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: townhome.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hometown
- hometowns plural
- home town
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hometown mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
- 2
Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
hometown decision, hometown verdict
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hometown in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense place of birth or residence:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ville natale |
| German | Heimat, Heimatort |
| Portuguese | cidade natal |
| Spanish | patria chica |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hometown come from?
From home + town.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).