omelette
/ˈɒm.lɪt/
"omelette" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“omelette” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,001
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | omelette |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒm.lɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #35,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “omelette” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around omelette (IPA /ˈɒm.lɪt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,001 among 15,494 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for omelette, with forms such as "moelette", "oemlette", and "omeeltte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1611; borrowed from French omelette, which see for further etymology. The correct English form is omelette, spelled O-M-E-L-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.
- 2A form of shellcode that searches the address space for multiple small blocks of data ("eggs") and recombines them into a larger block to be executed.
Etymology
First attested in 1611; borrowed from French omelette, which see for further etymology.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: moelette,oemlette,omeeltte,omelete,omeletet,omellette,omeltete,omleette,ommelette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of omelette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “omelette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-M-E-L-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɒm.lɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.