# Homewood

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,518

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community in south-central Manitoba, Canada.
3. A city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States.
5. A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kansas, United States.
7. A borough of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States.
8. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
9. A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from any of various minor places in England, from Old English hām (“homestead”) + wudu (“wood”).

## Easily confused with
- **homework** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homewood-vs-homework)
- **homeworld** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homewood-vs-homeworld)
- **homeward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homeward-vs-homewood)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hhomewood`, `hmoewood`, `hoemwood`, `homeowod`, `homewod`, `homewodo`, `homewoodd`, `homewwood`, `hommewood`, `homweood`, `ohmewood`

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