homology

noun

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"homology" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“homology” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,738. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,738
frequency rank, English
23,837
“H” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.

Key facts for homology
PropertyValue
Headwordhomology
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,738
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “homology” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). homology lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around homology, anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,738 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for homology, with forms such as "hhomology", "hmoology", and "homloogy". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin homologia, from Ancient Greek ὁμολογία (homología, “agreement, assent”); compare French homologie. By surface analysis, homo- + -logy. In topology, first used by French polymath Henri Poincaré, in the sense (close to what is now called a bordism)… The correct English form is homology, spelled H-O-M-O-L-O-G-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
  2. 2
    The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
  3. 3
    The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
  4. 4
    The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
  5. 5
    The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
  6. 6
    The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
  7. 7
    The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
  8. 8
    The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
  9. 9
    The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
  10. 10
    The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.

Etymology

From Latin homologia, from Ancient Greek ὁμολογία (homología, “agreement, assent”); compare French homologie. By surface analysis, homo- + -logy. In topology, first used by French polymath Henri Poincaré, in the sense (close to what is now called a bordism) of a relation between manifolds mapped into a reference manifold: that is, the property of such manifolds that they form the boundary of a higher-dimensional manifold inside the reference manifold. Poincaré's version was eventually replaced by the more general singular homology, which is what mathematicians now mean by homology.

This word in other languages

homologie(Français)Homologie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhomology
  • hmoology
  • homloogy
  • hommology
  • homolgoy
  • homollogy
  • homologgy
  • homologyy
  • homoloyg
  • homoolgy
  • hoomlogy
  • ohmology

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of homology - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhomology1hmoology2homloogy2hommology1homolgoy2homollogy1homologgy1homologyy1
Edit distance from "homology"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "homology"?
"homology" is spelled H-O-M-O-L-O-G-Y.
What does "homology" mean?
As a noun, "homology" means: The relationship of being homologous; a homologous relationship.
What are common misspellings of "homology"?
Common misspellings include "hhomology", "hmoology", "homloogy", "hommology", "homolgoy". The correct spelling is "homology".
What is the origin of the word "homology"?
From Latin homologia, from Ancient Greek ὁμολογία (homología, “agreement, assent”); compare French homologie. By surface analysis, homo- + -logy. In topology, first used by French polymath Henri Poincaré, in the sense (close to what is now called ... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “homology”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is H-O-M-O-L-O-G-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list