omniumvswinningConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,940
“omnium” frequency rank
#46,403
“winning” frequency rank
96343
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: omnium vs winning

Shared letters muted; letters that set omnium and winning apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
omnium
7 ch
winning

Part-of-speech tell for omnium / winning

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: omnium is anadjective and winningaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

omnium is recorded at frequency rank #49,940, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. winning is at rank #46,403, 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 96343, this pair ranks #7,655 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of omnium vs winning

Shared letters: in. Private to "omnium": mou. Private to "winning": gw.

"omnium" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC  ·  "winning" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • omniummonium · ominum · ommnium · omnimu · omniumm · omnnium · omnuim · onmium
  • winningiwnning · wining · wininng · winnign · winningg · winninng · winnnig · wnining

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "omnium" and "winning" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "omnium" is an adjective and "winning" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "omnium" or "winning"?
"winning" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,403 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 "winning".

  • Full dictionary entry for "omnium" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "winning" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,655 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "omnium" and "winning" 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 #7,655 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