machinevsomniumTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#12,337
“machine” frequency rank
#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
62277
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature machine omnium
Definition ein Apparat mit vielen beweglichen Teilen; gestaltet um eine Aufgabe zu erfüllen. Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis

Letter map: machine vs omnium

Shared letters muted; letters that set machine and omnium apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. machine runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against omnium's 6 (VCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
machine
6 ch
omnium

Grammar separator: machine vs omnium

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: machine is anoun and omniumanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62277, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

machine is recorded at frequency rank #12,337, 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 62277, this pair ranks #718,852 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of machine vs omnium

Shared letters: imn. Private to "machine": aceh. Private to "omnium": ou.

"machine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • machine ← amchine · macchine · machhine · machien · machinne · machnie · macihne · mahcine
  • omnium ← monium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "machine" and "omnium" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "machine" is a noun and "omnium" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "machine" or "omnium"?
"machine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,337 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 "machine" and "omnium".

  • Full dictionary entry for "machine" 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 #718,852 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "machine" 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 #718,852 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