homer

/[oˈmeɾ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,810

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

homer is aSpanishnoun. It means: Antigua medida bíblica de capacidad equivalente a unos 10 u 11 celemines, es decir, unos 220 l. Pronounced [oˈmeɾ]. Often confused with homo and hope.

Key facts for homer
PropertyValue
Headwordhomer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oˈmeɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,810
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for homer is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈmeɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,810 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Antigua medida bíblica de capacidad equivalente a unos 10 u 11 celemines, es decir, unos 220 l.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for homer, with forms such as "hhomer", "hmoer", and "hoemr". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "homo", "hope", "hour", and more, 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 homer, spelled H-O-M-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Antigua medida bíblica de capacidad equivalente a unos 10 u 11 celemines, es decir, unos 220 l.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhomer,hmoer,hoemr,homerr,hommer,homre,ohmer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for homer

Misspelling Variants of "homer"

hhomer6hmoer5hoemr5homerr6hommer6homre5ohmer5
Misspelling Variants of "homer"

Frequency rank: #23,810 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "homer"?
"homer" is spelled H-O-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈmeɾ].
What does "homer" mean?
As a noun, "homer" means: Antigua medida bíblica de capacidad equivalente a unos 10 u 11 celemines, es decir, unos 220 l.
What words are commonly confused with "homer"?
"homer" is commonly confused with "homo", "hope", "hour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "homer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "homer" is [oˈmeɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "homer" come from?
"homer" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Spanish index:

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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.