heartsvsomniumWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#27,341
“hearts” frequency rank
#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
77281
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hearts omnium
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heart Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis

Letter map: hearts vs omnium

Shared letters muted; letters that set hearts and omnium apart highlighted. No shared letter run. hearts (CVVCCC) and omnium (VCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
hearts
6 ch
omnium

Grammar separator: hearts vs omnium

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hearts 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 77281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hearts is recorded at frequency rank #27,341, 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 77281, this pair ranks #264,369 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hearts vs omnium

Shared letters: none. Private to "hearts": aehrst. Private to "omnium": imnou.

"hearts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC  ·  "omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hearts ← eharts · haerts · hearrts · hearst · heartss · heartts · heatrs · herats
  • omnium ← monium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hearts" for "omnium" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hearts" is a verb and "omnium" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "hearts" or "omnium" show up more?
"hearts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,341 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hearts" and "omnium".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hearts" 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 #264,369 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hearts" 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 #264,369 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