homilía

/[omiˈlia]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,981

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

homilía is aSpanishnoun. It means: Razonamiento o plática que se hace para explicar al pueblo las materias de religión. Pronounced [omiˈlia]. Often confused with humilla and hombría.

Key facts for homilía
PropertyValue
Headwordhomilía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[omiˈlia]
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,981
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for homilía is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [omiˈlia]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,981 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for homilía, with forms such as "hhomilía", "hmoilía", and "hoimlía". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "humilla", "hombría", "homicida", 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 homilía, spelled H-O-M-I-L-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Razonamiento o plática que se hace para explicar al pueblo las materias de religión.
  2. 2
    Parte de la ceremonia religiosa en el ritual de la Iglesia católica, en donde se hace exhortación sobre las lecturas y/o el sacramento que se realiza, con el fin de hacer más inteligibles los pasajes de la Biblia que se acaban de proclamar en la asamblea litúrgica.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhomilía,hmoilía,hoimlía,homilaí,homillía,homiíla,homliía,hommilía,ohmilía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for homilía

Misspelling Variants of "homilía"

hhomilía8hmoilía7hoimlía7homilaí7homillía8homiíla7homliía7hommilía8
Misspelling Variants of "homilía"

Frequency rank: #45,981 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "homilía"?
"homilía" is spelled H-O-M-I-L-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [omiˈlia].
What does "homilía" mean?
As a noun, "homilía" means: Razonamiento o plática que se hace para explicar al pueblo las materias de religión.
What words are commonly confused with "homilía"?
"homilía" is commonly confused with "humilla", "hombría", "homicida". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "homilía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "homilía" is [omiˈlia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "homilía" come from?
"homilía" 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.