kidsvsomniumConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#4,713
“kids” frequency rank
#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
54653
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: kids vs omnium

Shared letters muted; letters that set kids and omnium apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. kids 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
kids
6 ch
omnium

Grammar separator: kids vs omnium

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: kids is averb and omniumanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54653, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

kids is recorded at frequency rank #4,713, 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 54653, this pair ranks #1,010,407 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of kids vs omnium

Shared letters: i. Private to "kids": dks. Private to "omnium": mnou.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • kidsikds · kdis · kidds · kidss · kisd · kkids
  • omniummonium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "kids" and "omnium" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "kids" is a verb and "omnium" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "kids" or "omnium" show up more?
"kids" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,713 in our German list, against #49,940 for "omnium". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "kids" 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 #1,010,407 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "kids" 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 #1,010,407 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