omniumvsVossTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
#10,773
“Voss” frequency rank
60713
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature omnium Voss
Definition Genitiv Plural Maskulinum des Adjektivs omnis Fuchs

Letter map: omnium vs Voss

Shared letters muted; letters that set omnium and Voss apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
omnium
4 ch
Voss

Role in the sentence - omnium and Voss

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: omnium is anadjective and Vossanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60713, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

omnium is recorded at frequency rank #49,940, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Voss is at rank #10,773, 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 60713, this pair ranks #776,755 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of omnium vs Voss

Shared letters: o. Private to "omnium": imnu. Private to "Voss": sv.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • omniummonium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium
  • Vossovss · voß · vsos · vvoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "omnium" and "Voss" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "omnium" is an adjective and "Voss" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "omnium" or "Voss" show up more?
"Voss" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,773 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 "Voss".

  • Full dictionary entry for "omnium" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Voss" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #776,755 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "omnium" and "Voss" 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 #776,755 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