homophily
"homophily" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“homophily” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
Corpus desk
Index EN-homophily · homophily · English
homophily · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homophily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “homophily” in English
Rare enough to double-check
homophily is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.".
homophily doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From homo- + -phily. The correct English form is homophily, spelled H-O-M-O-P-H-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how homophily appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In this research we explore whether homophily as an organizing principle affects the performance of immigrant entrepreneurs in Germany.
Homophily is the tendency for there to be higher rates of contact between similar people than between dissimilar people. It is the social process reflected in that old bit of folk wisdom: “Birds of a feather flock together.”
Etymology
From homo- + -phily.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.