homenagem
/u.mɨ.ˈna.ʒɐ̃j̃/
The verdict
“homenagem” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,847 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,847
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - manifestação de veneração por alguém
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homenagem |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /u.mɨ.ˈna.ʒɐ̃j̃/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “homenagem” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for homenagem is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /u.mɨ.ˈna.ʒɐ̃j̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,847 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "manifestação de veneração por alguém".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for homenagem, with forms such as "hhomenagem", "hmoenagem", and "hoemnagem". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "homenagear", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is homenagem, spelled H-O-M-E-N-A-G-E-M.
Definition
- 1manifestação de veneração por alguém
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhomenagem,hmoenagem,hoemnagem,homeangem,homenaegm,homenagemm,homenaggem,homenagme,homengaem,homennagem,hommenagem,homneagem,ohmenagem
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of homenagem - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “homenagem”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-O-M-E-N-A-G-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /u.mɨ.ˈna.ʒɐ̃j̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “homenagear” - see the side-by-side comparison. homenagem vs homenagear
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.