homolog
/ˈhɑːməlɑːɡ/noun
homolog is spelled H-O-M-O-L-O-G: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, homolog means “A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of homolog is homologs.
How many letters and syllables are in homolog?
| Letters | 7: H-O-M-O-L-O-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is homolog?
Homolog appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd 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 homolog?
- UK /ˈhɒməlɒɡ/
- US /ˈhɑːməlɑːɡ/
- US /ˈhoʊməlɑːɡ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-homolog.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with homolog?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as homolog from its last stressed vowel (/ɑməlɑɡ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of homolog
- homologs plural
- homologue
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does homolog mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization.
- 2
One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry, or the peptides or proteins that they encode; the counterpart gene or protein in another taxon evolved from a common ancestor (molecularly it may be either identical or similar).
TP53 is the human homolog of murine Trp53.
- 3
A member of a homologous series.
- 4
A belief, practice, concept, or artifact that has a counterpart in another culture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does homolog come from?
Borrowed from French homologue, From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”), equivalent to homo- + -log.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).