humanoid
/ˈhjuːmənɔɪd/adjective, noun
humanoid is spelled H-U-M-A-N-O-I-D. The wrong spelling people search most is huminoid: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 64 of all searches for the word. Humanoid is an adjective meaning “Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical…”.
How many letters and syllables are in humanoid?
| Letters | 8: H-U-M-A-N-O-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, huminoid, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell humanoid?
Humanoid is spelled H-U-M-A-N-O-I-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 64 of the searches for humanoid in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is humanoid?
Humanoid appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 humanoid?
- /ˈhjuːmənɔɪd/
Humanoid has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-humanoid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of humanoid
- more humanoid comparative
- most humanoid superlative
- humanoids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does humanoid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).
noun
- 1
A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate humanoid?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of humanoid: noid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Humanoid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | humanoïde |
| German | menschenähnlich, humanoid , Humanoid, Humanoide |
| Portuguese | humanoide |
| Spanish | humanoide |
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 humanoid come from?
From human (from Latin hūmānus m (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”, adjective)) + -oid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).