# homie

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhəʊ.mi/ · frequency rank #20,665

## Definitions
1. Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
2. A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.
3. An inner-city youth.

## Etymology
Earliest known reference is in the tune The House of Blue Lights (1946) by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, when Morse improvises a spoken-word intro. Equivalent to home + -ie.

## Easily confused with
- **hope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-hope)
- **hose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-hose)
- **homo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-homo)
- **Howe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-howe)
- **Hume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-hume)
- **hone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-hone)
- **hove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-hove)
- **Homs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-homs)
- **Hopi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-hopi)
- **house** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-house)
- **horse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-horse)
- **humid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-humid)
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-horde)
- **Howie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-howie)
- **Homme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-homme)
- **Hoyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-hoyle)
- **hoodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-hoodie)
- **hottie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-hottie)
- **homing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-homing)
- **homily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homie-vs-homily)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hhomie`, `hmoie`, `hoime`, `homei`, `hommie`, `ohmie`

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