Which to use
“homilía” is a noun and “humilla” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,981
- “homilía” frequency rank
- #36,608
- “humilla” frequency rank
- 82589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | homilía | humilla |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Razonamiento o plática que se hace para explicar al pueblo las materias de religión. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de humillar o de humillarse. |
Where the eye mixes homilía and humilla
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. homilía (CVCVCVV) and humilla (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: homilía vs humilla
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: homilía is [omiˈlia] while humilla is [uˈmiʝa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
homilía is recorded at frequency rank #45,981, classified as anoun, pronounced [omiˈlia]. humilla is at rank #36,608, tagged as averb, pronounced [uˈmiʝa].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 82589, this pair ranks #9,081 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of homilía vs humilla
Shared letters: ahilm. Private to "homilía": oí. Private to "humilla": u.
"homilía" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "humilla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- humilla ← hhumilla · hmuilla · huimlla · humila · humilal · humlila · hummilla · uhmilla
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "homilía" and "humilla" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "homilía" or "humilla"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "homilía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "humilla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,081 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "homilía" and "humilla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hombría vs homilía". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #9,081 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.