omniumvsshameConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
#43,491
“shame” frequency rank
93431
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature omnium shame
Definition Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis jemanden beschämen

Letter map: omnium vs shame

Shared letters muted; letters that set omnium and shame apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. omnium runs 6 letters (VCCVVC) against shame's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
omnium
5 ch
shame

Role in the sentence - omnium and shame

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: omnium is anadjective and shameaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

omnium is recorded at frequency rank #49,940, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. shame is at rank #43,491, tagged as averb, 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 93431, this pair ranks #22,870 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of omnium vs shame

Shared letters: m. Private to "omnium": inou. Private to "shame": aehs.

"omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC  ·  "shame" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • omnium ← monium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium
  • shame ← hsame · sahme · shaem · shamme · shhame · shmae · sshame

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "omnium" for "shame" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "omnium" is an adjective and "shame" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "omnium" vs "shame" - which ranks higher?
"shame" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,491 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 "omnium" and "shame".

  • Full dictionary entry for "omnium" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "shame" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,870 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "omnium" and "shame" 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 #22,870 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