# homosexuality

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃuˈælɪti/ · frequency rank #10,555

## Definitions
1. The state of being sexually 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.

## Etymology
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.

## Common misspellings (19)
`hhomosexuality`, `hmoosexuality`, `hommosexuality`, `homoesxuality`, `homoseuxality`, `homosexaulity`, `homosexuailty`, `homosexualitty`, `homosexualityy`, `homosexualiyt`, `homosexuallity`, `homosexualtiy`, `homosexulaity`, `homosexxuality`, `homossexuality`, `homosxeuality`, `homsoexuality`, `hoomsexuality`, `ohmosexuality`

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