harmvsomniumWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#46,723
“harm” frequency rank
#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
96663
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature harm omnium
Definition körperlicher oder geistiger Schaden Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis

Letter map: harm vs omnium

Shared letters muted; letters that set harm and omnium apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. harm runs 4 letters (CVCC) against omnium's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
harm
6 ch
omnium

Grammar separator: harm vs omnium

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: harm is anoun and omniumanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

harm is recorded at frequency rank #46,723, 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 96663, this pair ranks #6,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of harm vs omnium

Shared letters: m. Private to "harm": ahr. Private to "omnium": inou.

"harm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • harm ← ahrm · hamr · harmm · harrm · hharm · hram
  • omnium ← monium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "harm" and "omnium" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "harm" is a noun and "omnium" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "harm" or "omnium" show up more?
"harm" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,723 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.

What to do next

Pair "harm" vs "omnium" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "harm" 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 #6,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "harm" 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 #6,428 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