homogeneous
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "homogeneous", 11-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "homogeneous" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "homogeneous" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
homogeneous is anEnglishadj. It means: Of the same kind; alike, similar. Pronounced /ˌhɒm.ə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/. Often confused with homogenous.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homogeneous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adj |
| IPA | /ˌhɒm.ə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #21,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for homogeneous is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌhɒm.ə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒiː.nɪəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,824 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for homogeneous, with forms such as "hhomogeneous", "hmoogeneous", and "homgoeneous". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "homogenous", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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). Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is homogeneous, spelled H-O-M-O-G-E-N-E-O-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Of the same kind; alike, similar.
- 2Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
- 3In the same state of matter.
- 4In 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.).
- 5In 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.).
- 6In 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.).
- 7In 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.).
- 8The 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;.
- 9In ordinary differential equations (by analogy with the case for polynomial and functional homogeneity):
- 10In ordinary differential equations (by analogy with the case for polynomial and functional homogeneity):
- 11In ordinary differential equations (by analogy with the case for polynomial and functional homogeneity):
- 12In abstract algebra and geometry:
- 13In abstract algebra and geometry:
- 14In abstract algebra and geometry:
- 15In abstract algebra and geometry:
- 16In miscellaneous other senses:
- 17In miscellaneous other senses:
Etymology
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).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhomogeneous,hmoogeneous,homgoeneous,hommogeneous,homoegneous,homogeenous,homogeneosu,homogeneouss,homogeneuos,homogenneous,homogenoeus,homoggeneous,homogneeous,hoomgeneous,ohmogeneous
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Relative frequency of common misspelling types for homogeneous
Misspelling Variants of "homogeneous"
Frequency rank: #21,824 in English
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