homilia

noun

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The verdict

“homilia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,876
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prática sobre coisas da religião

Corpus desk

Index PT-homilia · homilia · Portuguese

homilia · rank #45,876 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #45,876
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH ici

Nearest frequency peer: ici (+4 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “homilia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “homilia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

homilia vs homicida
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for homilia
PropertyValue
Headwordhomilia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,876
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “homilia”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).homiliacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ici” (#45,880), “idealizar” (#45,881), “guisado” (#45,870). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “homilia” fica em #45,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around homilia, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,876 among 409 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for homilia, with forms such as "hhomilia", "hmoilia", and "hoimlia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "homicida", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is homilia, spelled H-O-M-I-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    prática sobre coisas da religião
  2. 2
    pregação sobre o Evangelho feita em estilo coloquial e familiar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how homilia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Na homilia - reflexão do padre sobre as leituras da Bíblia - da última quarta-feira, o assunto foi o amor de Deus.

This word in other languages

homily(English)homilía(Español)homélie(Français)Homilie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhomilia
  • hmoilia
  • hoimlia
  • homiila
  • homilai
  • homillia
  • homliia
  • hommilia
  • ohmilia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of homilia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhomilia1hmoilia2hoimlia2homiila2homilai2homillia1homliia2hommilia1
Edit distance from "homilia"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "homilia"?
"homilia" is spelled H-O-M-I-L-I-A.
What does "homilia" mean?
As a noun, "homilia" means: prática sobre coisas da religião
What words are commonly confused with "homilia"?
"homilia" is commonly confused with "homicida". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "homilia" come from?
"homilia" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "homilia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

guisado#45,870espetar#45,837Orestes#45,970perecer#45,989

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

bandar9 variantsanfíbio9 variantszarpar9 variantstrampa9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list