homologue
/ˈhɒməlɒɡ/
"homologue" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“homologue” is uncommon English (frequency #96,059 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,059
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of homolog.
Corpus desk
Index EN-homologue · homologue · English
homologue · rank #96,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,059
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH hominy
Nearest frequency peer: hominy (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Long-tail ranks near “homologue”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- herbalism
herbalism
3,951 corpus weight
- hetman
hetman
3,950 corpus weight
- Heyes
Heyes
3,946 corpus weight
- hominy
hominy
3,943 corpus weight
- homologue
homologue
3,942 corpus weight
- Huk
Huk
3,934 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “homologue” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homologue |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɒməlɒɡ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “homologue” in English
Rare enough to double-check
homologue is uncommon English at frequency #96,059 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɒməlɒɡ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of homolog.".
homologue has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French homologue. Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos). By surface analysis, homo- + -logue. The correct English form is homologue, spelled H-O-M-O-L-O-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of homolog.
Etymology
Borrowed from French homologue. Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos). By surface analysis, homo- + -logue.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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