hiddenvsomniumConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#24,382
“hidden” frequency rank
#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
74322
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hidden omnium
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs hide Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis

Letter map: hidden vs omnium

Shared letters muted; letters that set hidden and omnium apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. hidden (CVCCVC) and omnium (VCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
hidden
6 ch
omnium

Part-of-speech tell for hidden / omnium

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hidden 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 74322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hidden is recorded at frequency rank #24,382, 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 74322, this pair ranks #336,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hidden vs omnium

Shared letters: in. Private to "hidden": deh. Private to "omnium": mou.

"hidden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hidden ← hdiden · hhidden · hiddenn · hiddne · hidedn · hiden · ihdden
  • omnium ← monium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hidden" for "omnium" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hidden" is a verb and "omnium" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "hidden" or "omnium" show up more?
"hidden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,382 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 "hidden" vs "omnium" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hidden" 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 #336,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hidden" 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 #336,508 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