Which to use
“grades” is a verb and “omnium” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,903
- “grades” frequency rank
- #49,940
- “omnium” frequency rank
- 65843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grades | omnium |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade | Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis |
Letter map: grades vs omnium
Shared letters muted; letters that set grades and omnium apart highlighted. No shared letter run. grades (CCVCVC) and omnium (VCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - grades and omnium
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grades is averb and omniumanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grades is recorded at frequency rank #15,903, classified as averb, 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 65843, this pair ranks #593,099 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grades vs omnium
Shared letters: none. Private to "grades": adegrs. Private to "omnium": imnou.
"grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grades" and "omnium" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "grades" or "omnium" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "grades" and "omnium".
- Full dictionary entry for "grades" 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 #593,099 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grades" 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 #593,099 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.