omega
/ˈəʊmɪɡə/
"omega" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“omega” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,927
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Upperc...
Corpus desk
Index EN-omega · omega · English
omega · rank #9,927 · 6 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,927
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH notch
Nearest frequency peer: notch (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “omega”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- newborn
newborn
90,078 corpus weight
- Newport
Newport
90,077 corpus weight
- notch
notch
90,075 corpus weight
- omega
omega
90,074 corpus weight
- onions
onions
90,073 corpus weight
- paired
paired
90,071 corpus weight
What this shows “omega” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | omega |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈəʊmɪɡə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,927 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “omega”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around omega (IPA /ˈəʊmɪɡə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,927 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for omega, with forms such as "moega", "oemga", and "omeag". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "OMG", "omen", "omer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga), meaning “great ω” (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek). The correct English form is omega, spelled O-M-E-G-A.
Definition
- 1The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.
- 2The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.
- 3Angular velocity; symbol: ω.
- 4A transfinite ordinal number referring to the next position after ordering a countably infinite set.
- 5An omega male.
- 6The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.
- 7In omegaverse fiction, a person of a submissive secondary sex driven by biology, magic, or other means to bond with an alpha, with males of this type often being able to get pregnant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how omega appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The fact that the letter was incised above the line indicates that it is probably an omega.
alpha and omega
Etymology
From Middle English, from Ancient Greek ὦ μέγα (ô méga), meaning “great ω” (omega is a long vowel in Ancient Greek).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- moega
- oemga
- omeag
- omegga
- omgea
- ommega
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of omega - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).