omniumvstheirTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
#11,131
“their” frequency rank
61071
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature omnium their
Definition Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis ihr

Letter map: omnium vs their

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

6 ch
omnium
5 ch
their

Role in the sentence - omnium and their

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: omnium is anadjective and theirapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

omnium is recorded at frequency rank #49,940, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. their is at rank #11,131, tagged as apron, 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 61071, this pair ranks #763,369 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of omnium vs their

Shared letters: i. Private to "omnium": mnou. Private to "their": ehrt.

"omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC  ·  "their" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • omnium ← monium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium
  • their ← hteir · tehir · theirr · theri · thheir · thier · ttheir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "omnium" for "their" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "omnium" is an adjective and "their" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "omnium" or "their"?
"their" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,131 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.

After this comparison

Pair "omnium" vs "their" 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 "their" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #763,369 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "omnium" and "their" 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 #763,369 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