homosexuality
/ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/noun
homosexuality is spelled H-O-M-O-S-E-X-U-A-L-I-T-Y: 13 letters and 7 syllables. It appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, homosexuality means “The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive)…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in homosexuality?
| Letters | 13: H-O-M-O-S-E-X-U-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 7 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.5 times per million words; the 10,519th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is homosexuality?
Homosexuality appears 5.5 times per million words in written English, the 10,519th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce homosexuality?
- US /ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/
- US /ˌhoʊmoʊˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/
- UK /ˌhəʊmə(ʊ)sɛkʃʊˈælɪti/
Homosexuality has 7 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-homosexuality.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with homosexuality?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as homosexuality from its last stressed vowel (/ælɪti/):
- mortality
- locality
- legality
- fatality
- totality
- sensuality
- tonality
- partiality
- cardinality
- instrumentality
- externality
- sodality
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does homosexuality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males.
- 2
Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Homosexuality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sexual orientation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | homosexualité |
| German | Homosexualität |
| Portuguese | homossexualidade, homossexualismo |
| Spanish | homosexualidad, homosexualismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does homosexuality come from?
From homosexual + -ity, equivalent to homo- + sexuality and after the model of German Homosexualität, coined by journalist Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1869, and French homosexualité, attested in 1891.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).