Which to use
“always” is an adverb and “omnium” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,797
- “always” frequency rank
- #49,940
- “omnium” frequency rank
- 68737
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | always | omnium |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | immer | Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis |
Letter map: always vs omnium
Shared letters muted; letters that set always and omnium apart highlighted. No shared letter run. always and omnium follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for always / omnium
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: always is anadverb and omniumanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
always is recorded at frequency rank #18,797, classified as anadv, pronounced […]. omnium is at rank #49,940, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].
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 68737, this pair ranks #498,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of always vs omnium
Shared letters: none. Private to "always": alswy. Private to "omnium": imnou.
"always" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "always" and "omnium" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "always" or "omnium" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "always" and "omnium".
- Full dictionary entry for "always" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "omnium" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #498,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "always" and "omnium" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "omnium vs puzzles". 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 #498,484 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.