homewrecker

noun

"homewrecker" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“homewrecker” is uncommon English (frequency #94,957 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,957
frequency rank, English
23,837
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of home wrecker.

Key facts for homewrecker
PropertyValue
Headwordhomewrecker
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#94,957
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “homewrecker” 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). homewrecker 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

homewrecker is uncommon English at frequency #94,957 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of home wrecker.".

No misspelling variants are generated for homewrecker in our index, 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is homewrecker, spelled H-O-M-E-W-R-E-C-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of home wrecker.

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 "homewrecker"?
"homewrecker" is spelled H-O-M-E-W-R-E-C-K-E-R.
What does "homewrecker" mean?
As a noun, "homewrecker" means: Alternative form of home wrecker.
What language does "homewrecker" come from?
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Using “homewrecker”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is H-O-M-E-W-R-E-C-K-E-R - 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