divisionvsomniumWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#7,747
“division” frequency rank
#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
57687
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature division omnium
Definition Division, Teilung Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis

Letter map: division vs omnium

Shared letters muted; letters that set division and omnium apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. division runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against omnium's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
division
6 ch
omnium

Role in the sentence - division and omnium

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: division is anoun and omniumanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

division is recorded at frequency rank #7,747, 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 57687, this pair ranks #891,575 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of division vs omnium

Shared letters: ino. Private to "division": dsv. Private to "omnium": mu.

"division" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • division ← ddivision · diivsion · diviison · divisino · divisionn · divisoin · divission · divsiion
  • omnium ← monium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "division" and "omnium" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "division" is a noun and "omnium" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "division" vs "omnium" - which ranks higher?
"division" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,747 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "division" 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 #891,575 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "division" 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 #891,575 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