Homo sapien
"homo-sapien" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Homo sapien” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of the species Homo sapiens.
Corpus desk
Index EN-homo-sapien · Homo sapien · English
Homo sapien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Homo sapien |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Homo sapien” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Homo sapien is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of the species Homo sapiens.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Homo sapien in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from the taxonomic name Homo sapiens, treated as if an English plural form. The correct English form is Homo sapien, spelled H-O-M-O- -S-A-P-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1A member of the species Homo sapiens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Homo sapien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A child possesses no human nature at birth. At this time he is only a raw homo sapien with human nature potentials, ...
I think I'm sophisticated / 'Cause I'm living my life like a good homo sapien
Etymology
Back-formation from the taxonomic name Homo sapiens, treated as if an English plural form.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.