homewards
adjective, adverb
homewards is spelled H-O-M-E-W-A-R-D-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, homewards means “Leading toward home” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in homewards?
| Letters | 9: H-O-M-E-W-A-R-D-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is homewards?
Homewards appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 homewards?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-homewards.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of homewards
- homeward
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does homewards mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Leading toward home.
At the end of the day we gratefully set off in a homewards direction.
adverb
- 1
towards home
We're now heading homewards.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Homewards in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense leading toward home:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | à la maison |
| German | nach Hause, heim, heimwärts |
| Portuguese | para casa |
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 homewards come from?
From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).