# human

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhjuː.mən/ · frequency rank #444

## Definitions
1. Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
2. Having the nature or attributes of a human being.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin hūmānus
Old French umain
Middle French humainbor.
Middle English humayne
English human
From Late Middle English humaigne, humayne, humain, from Middle French humain, from Old French humain, umain (“of or belonging to man”, adjective), from Latin hūmānus m (“of man, human”, adjective); see there for further details. Spelling human has been predominant since the early 18th century. Compare, and possibly related to man.

## Easily confused with
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-hun)
- **hymn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-hymn)
- **hump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-hump)
- **Hume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-hume)
- **hwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-hwan)
- **humor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-humor)
- **humid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-humid)
- **Huron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-huron)
- **Hyman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-hyman)
- **Hunan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-hunan)
- **hymen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-hymen)
- **humps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-humps)
- **humane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-humane)
- **humanly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-humanly)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/han-vs-human)
- **hum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hum-vs-human)
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hua-vs-human)
- **hula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-human)
- **Hama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hama-vs-human)
- **Huma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huma-vs-human)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhuman`, `hmuan`, `huamn`, `humann`, `humman`, `humna`, `uhman`

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