apivsomniumTell them apart

Quick tell: api is a noun, omnium is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“api” is a noun and “omnium” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,828
“api” frequency rank
#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
70768
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature api omnium
Definition Feuer; Hitze und Licht, das von etwas ausgeht, das brennt Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis

Letter map: api vs omnium

Shared letters muted; letters that set api and omnium apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
api
6 ch
omnium

Part-of-speech tell for api / omnium

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: api is anoun and omniumanadjective. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

api is recorded at frequency rank #20,828, classified as anoun, 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 70768, this pair ranks #436,354 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of api vs omnium

Shared letters: i. Private to "api": ap. Private to "omnium": mnou.

"api" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • omniummonium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "api" for "omnium" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "api" is a noun and "omnium" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "api" or "omnium"?
"api" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,828 in our German list, against #49,940 for "omnium". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "api" and "omnium".

  • Full dictionary entry for "api" 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 #436,354 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "api" 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 #436,354 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list