# hymen

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhaɪmən/ · frequency rank #48,809

## Definitions
1. A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.
2. Marriage.

## Etymology
From Middle French hymen, from Late Latin hymēn, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin; membrane”).

## Easily confused with
- **hype** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hymen-vs-hype)
- **hymn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hymen-vs-hymn)
- **Hyun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hymen-vs-hyun)
- **hyped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hymen-vs-hyped)
- **Hynes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hymen-vs-hynes)
- **hyphen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hymen-vs-hyphen)
- **hen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hen-vs-hymen)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hye-vs-hymen)
- **home** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/home-vs-hymen)
- **Hyde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hyde-vs-hymen)
- **Hume** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hume-vs-hymen)
- **human** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-hymen)
- **homes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homes-vs-hymen)
- **Helen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helen-vs-hymen)
- **haven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haven-vs-hymen)
- **homer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homer-vs-hymen)
- **Hagen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hagen-vs-hymen)
- **Hyman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hyman-vs-hymen)
- **hyena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hyena-vs-hymen)
- **homey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/homey-vs-hymen)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hhymen`, `hmyen`, `hyemn`, `hymenn`, `hymmen`, `hymne`, `hyymen`, `yhmen`

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