ome
/ˌoʊm/noun
ome is spelled O-M-E: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ome means “The totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ome is omes or 'omes.
How many letters and syllables are in ome?
| Letters | 3: O-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ome?
Ome appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ome?
- UK /ˌəʊm/
- US /ˌoʊm/
- Australia /ˌəʉm/
Ome has one syllable (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl--ome.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl--ome.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ome?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ome from its last stressed vowel (/oʊm/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: moe, emo.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of ome
- omes plural
- 'omes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ome mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The totality of a certain type of biological entity in an organism etc., e.g. the genome or proteome.
noun
- 1
Initialism of order of magnitude estimate.
- 2
Initialism of otitis media with effusion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ome come from?
From the suffix -ome. Compare ology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).