omniumvstuskWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
#29,824
“tusk” frequency rank
79764
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature omnium tusk
Definition Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis Stoßzahn; sehr langer und spitzer Zahn, der aus dem Maul des Tieres herausragt und meist paarweise vorkommt, aber auch einzeln (zum Beispiel beim Narwal)

Letter map: omnium vs tusk

Shared letters muted; letters that set omnium and tusk apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. omnium runs 6 letters (VCCVVC) against tusk's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
omnium
4 ch
tusk

Role in the sentence - omnium and tusk

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: omnium is anadjective and tuskanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

omnium is recorded at frequency rank #49,940, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. tusk is at rank #29,824, tagged as anoun, 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 79764, this pair ranks #209,557 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of omnium vs tusk

Shared letters: u. Private to "omnium": imno. Private to "tusk": kst.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • omnium ← monium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium
  • tusk ← tsuk · ttusk · tuks · tuskk · tussk · utsk

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "omnium" for "tusk" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "omnium" is an adjective and "tusk" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "omnium" or "tusk"?
"tusk" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,824 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "omnium" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tusk" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #209,557 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "omnium" and "tusk" 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 #209,557 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