omniumvssmokingWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
#39,030
“smoking” frequency rank
88970
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature omnium smoking
Definition Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs smoke

Letter map: omnium vs smoking

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

6 ch
omnium
7 ch
smoking

Role in the sentence - omnium and smoking

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: omnium is anadjective and smokingaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

omnium is recorded at frequency rank #49,940, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. smoking is at rank #39,030, 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 88970, this pair ranks #62,383 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of omnium vs smoking

Shared letters: imno. Private to "omnium": u. Private to "smoking": gks.

"omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC  ·  "smoking" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • omniummonium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium
  • smokingmsoking · smkoing · smmoking · smoikng · smokign · smokingg · smokinng · smokking

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "omnium" for "smoking" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "omnium" is an adjective and "smoking" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "omnium" vs "smoking" - which ranks higher?
"smoking" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,030 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "omnium" vs "smoking" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "omnium" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "smoking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,383 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "omnium" and "smoking" 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 #62,383 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