# homosexual

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/ · frequency rank #10,863

## Definitions
1. Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)
2. Between two people of the same sex; gay.
3. Intended for or used by homosexuals, as a nightclub, a bar, etc.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German homosexual, from homo- (“same”) + sexual (“relating to sex or sexuality”), coined by Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1868, and popularized in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis (2nd ed. 1887, in German) and Charles Gilbert Chaddock's 1892 English translation thereof (compare bisexual), displacing the slightly older term Uranian. Equivalent to homo- + -sexual.

## Common misspellings (14)
`hhomosexual`, `hmoosexual`, `hommosexual`, `homoesxual`, `homoseuxal`, `homosexaul`, `homosexuall`, `homosexula`, `homosexxual`, `homossexual`, `homosxeual`, `homsoexual`, `hoomsexual`, `ohmosexual`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/homosexual