homenaje

/[omeˈnaxe]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,612

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

homenaje is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ceremonia o serie de ellas celebradas en honor de una persona o personas, cosa o cosas. Pronounced [omeˈnaxe]. It ranks #2,612 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with homenajes and homenajea.

Key facts for homenaje
PropertyValue
Headwordhomenaje
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[omeˈnaxe]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,612
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of homenaje in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for homenaje is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [omeˈnaxe]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,612 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for homenaje, with forms such as "hhomenaje", "hmoenaje", and "hoemnaje". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "homenajes", "homenajea", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is homenaje, spelled H-O-M-E-N-A-J-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ceremonia o serie de ellas celebradas en honor de una persona o personas, cosa o cosas.
  2. 2
    Acto de sumisión, veneración o respeto, hacia alguien.
  3. 3
    Juramento solemne, en la época medieval y el feudalismo, con que un hombre reconocía que era el vasallo de un rey o señor, y le prometía fidelidad a cambio de la concesión de un beneficio o feudo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhomenaje,hmoenaje,hoemnaje,homeanje,homenaej,homenajje,homenjae,homennaje,hommenaje,homneaje,ohmenaje

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for homenaje

Misspelling Variants of "homenaje"

hhomenaje9hmoenaje8hoemnaje8homeanje8homenaej8homenajje9homenjae8homennaje9
Misspelling Variants of "homenaje"

Frequency rank: #2,612 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "homenaje"?
"homenaje" is spelled H-O-M-E-N-A-J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [omeˈnaxe].
What does "homenaje" mean?
As a noun, "homenaje" means: Ceremonia o serie de ellas celebradas en honor de una persona o personas, cosa o cosas.
What words are commonly confused with "homenaje"?
"homenaje" is commonly confused with "homenajes", "homenajea". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "homenaje"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "homenaje" is [omeˈnaxe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "homenaje" come from?
"homenaje" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.