hormones

noun

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"hormones" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hormones” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,223
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hormone replacement therapy.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hormones · hormones · English

hormones · rank #10,223 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,223
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH heavenly

Nearest frequency peer: heavenly (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hormones”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “hormones” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hormones vs hormone
88% similar
hormones vs hormonal
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for hormones
PropertyValue
Headwordhormones
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,223
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hormones”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).hormoneslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “heavenly” (#10,222), “horrific” (#10,224), “heath” (#10,221). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “hormones” is #10,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around hormones, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,223 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hormone replacement therapy.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for hormones, with forms such as "hhormones", "homrones", and "hormmones". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hormone", "hormonal", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is hormones, spelled H-O-R-M-O-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hormone replacement therapy.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hormones appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. If the doctor gives the OK, I should be able to start hormones by the end of the month.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhormones
  • homrones
  • hormmones
  • hormnoes
  • hormoens
  • hormoness
  • hormonnes
  • hormonse
  • horomnes
  • horrmones
  • hromones
  • ohrmones

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hormones - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhormones1homrones2hormmones1hormnoes2hormoens2hormoness1hormonnes1hormonse2
Edit distance from "hormones"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hormones"?
"hormones" is spelled H-O-R-M-O-N-E-S.
What does "hormones" mean?
As a noun, "hormones" means: Hormone replacement therapy.
What words are commonly confused with "hormones"?
"hormones" is commonly confused with "hormone", "hormonal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "hormones" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hormones", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

heavenly#10,222horrific#10,224nitrogen#10,244disputed#10,199

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

polished12 variantsbetrayed12 variantsstainless12 variantstightly12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list