groupsvsomniumTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#38,155
“groups” frequency rank
#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
88095
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature groups omnium
Definition Plural des Substantivs group Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis

Letter map: groups vs omnium

Shared letters muted; letters that set groups and omnium apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
groups
6 ch
omnium

Grammar separator: groups vs omnium

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: groups is anoun and omniumanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

groups is recorded at frequency rank #38,155, 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 88095, this pair ranks #72,412 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of groups vs omnium

Shared letters: ou. Private to "groups": gprs. Private to "omnium": imn.

"groups" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • groupsggroups · gorups · gropus · groupps · groupss · grousp · grroups · gruops
  • omniummonium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "groups" for "omnium" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "groups" is a noun and "omnium" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "groups" or "omnium"?
"groups" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,155 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 "groups" and "omnium". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "groups" 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 #72,412 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "groups" 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 #72,412 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