byvsomniumWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,627
“by” frequency rank
#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
51567
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature by omnium
Definition Stadt Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis

Letter map: by vs omnium

Shared letters muted; letters that set by and omnium apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

2 ch
by
6 ch
omnium

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: by is anoun and omniumanadjective. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

by is recorded at frequency rank #1,627, 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 51567, this pair ranks #1,130,510 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of by vs omnium

Shared letters: none. Private to "by": by. Private to "omnium": imnou.

"by" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "by" and "omnium" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "by" is a noun and "omnium" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "by" or "omnium"?
"by" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,627 in our German list, against #49,940 for "omnium". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "by" and "omnium". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "by" 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 #1,130,510 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "by" 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list