homonymous

Name: homonymous, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“homonymous” is uncommon English (frequency #72,397 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,397
frequency rank, English: 23,837
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).

Key facts for homonymous
Property	Value
Headword	homonymous
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#72,397
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “homonymous” 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). homonymous lands here:

#72,397

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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

Rare enough to double-check

homonymous is uncommon English at frequency #72,397 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for homonymous in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Adapted borrowing of Latin homōnymus (“having the same name”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμος (homṓnumos). By surface analysis, homonym + -ous. The correct English form is homonymous, spelled H-O-M-O-N-Y-M-O-U-S.

Definition

1
Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
2
Of or pertaining to a homonym.
3
Having homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin homōnymus (“having the same name”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμος (homṓnumos). By surface analysis, homonym + -ous.

Antonyms

heteronymous

This word in other languages

homónimo(Español)homonyme(Français)gleichnamig(Deutsch)homónimo(Português)

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 "homonymous"?

"homonymous" is spelled H-O-M-O-N-Y-M-O-U-S.

What does "homonymous" mean?

As an adjective, "homonymous" means: Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).

What is the origin of the word "homonymous"?

Adapted borrowing of Latin homōnymus (“having the same name”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμος (homṓnumos). By surface analysis, homonym + -ous. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “homonymous”

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

The one correct English spelling is H-O-M-O-N-Y-M-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.