homogeneous
/ˌhoʊ.moʊˈd͡ʒi.ni.əs/adjective
homogeneous is spelled H-O-M-O-G-E-N-E-O-U-S: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “homogeneous vs homogenous” about 880 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, homogeneous means “Of the same kind; alike, similar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in homogeneous?
| Letters | 11: H-O-M-O-G-E-N-E-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is homogeneous?
Homogeneous appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 homogeneous?
- UK /ˌhɒm.ə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/
- UK /ˌhəʊ.mə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/
- US /ˌhoʊ.moʊˈd͡ʒi.ni.əs/
Homogeneous has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-homogeneous.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-homogeneous_(5_syll).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-homogeneous_(4_syll).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with homogeneous
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: homogenous.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of homogeneous
- homogenous
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does homogeneous mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of the same kind; alike, similar.
- 2
Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
- 3
In the same state of matter.
- 4
In any of several technical senses uniform; scalable; having its behavior or form determined by, or the same as, its behavior on or form at a smaller component (of its domain of definition, of itself, etc.).
- 5
Such that all its nonzero terms have the same degree.
The polynomial x²+5xy+y² is homogeneous of degree 2, because x², xy, and y² are all degree 2 monomials
- 6
Such that all the constant terms are zero.
- 7
Such that if each of f 's inputs are multiplied by the same scalar, f 's output is multiplied by the same scalar to some fixed power (called the degree of homogeneity or degree of f). (Formally and more generally, of a partial function f between vector spaces whose domain is a linear cone) Satisfying the equality f(s mathbf x)=sᵏᶠ(
- 8
The function f(x,y)#61;x²#43;x²ʸ#43;y² is not homogeneous on all of #92;mathbb#123;R#125;² because f(2,2)#61;16#92;neq 2ᵏ#42;3#61;2ᵏf(1,1) for any k, but f is homogeneous on the subspace of #92;mathbb#123;R#125;² spanned by (1,0) because f(#92;alphax,#92;alphay)#61;#92;alphax²#61;#92;alpha²f(x,y) for all (x,y)#92;in#92;operatorname#123;Span#125;#92;#123;(1,0)#92;#125;.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Homogeneous in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of the same kind; alike, similar:
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 homogeneous come from?
From Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής (homogenḗs, “of the same race, family or kind”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + γένος (génos, “kind”). Compare homo- (“same”) and -ous (adjectival suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).