# honda

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɒndə/ · frequency rank #8,044

## Definitions
1. A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
2. A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.

## Etymology
Probably from Spanish honda, fonda (“sling”), from Latin funda (“hand-sling”); or from Spanish hondón (“eye of a needle”), from hondo (“bottom; deep, profound”) (from Latin fundus (“bottom, lowest part”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”)) + -ón (augmentative suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **hong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-hong)
- **hood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-hood)
- **hone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-hone)
- **honk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-honk)
- **Hoya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-hoya)
- **hora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-hora)
- **honor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-honor)
- **honey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-honey)
- **hound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-hound)
- **horde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-horde)
- **hoods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-hoods)
- **howdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-howdy)
- **honed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-honed)
- **honky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-honky)
- **Hosea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-hosea)
- **hounds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honda-vs-hounds)
- **hon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hon-vs-honda)
- **hoa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoa-vs-honda)
- **hod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hod-vs-honda)
- **hand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hand-vs-honda)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhonda`, `hnoda`, `hodna`, `honad`, `hondda`, `honnda`, `ohnda`

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