# omelette

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɒm.lɪt/ · frequency rank #35,001

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. A 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.

## Common misspellings (9)
`moelette`, `oemlette`, `omeeltte`, `omelete`, `omeletet`, `omellette`, `omeltete`, `omleette`, `ommelette`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/omelette