omen
o·men/ˈoʊ̯mən/noun, verb
omen is spelled O-M-E-N: 4 letters and 2 syllables (o·men). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, omen means “Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of omen is omens.
How many letters and syllables are in omen?
| Letters | 4: O-M-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: o·men |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th 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 omen?
Omen appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 omen?
- UK /ˈəʊ̯mən/
- UK /ˈɵ̞ʊ̯mən/
- US /ˈoʊ̯mən/
Omen has 2 syllables, split o·men in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-omen.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with omen?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as omen from its last stressed vowel (/oʊmən/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nemo, nome, mone, meon.
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 omen
- omens plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- omening participle, present
- omened participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does omen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
The ghost's appearance was an ill omen.
- 2
A thing of prophetic significance.
A sign of ill omen.
verb
- 1
To be an omen of.
- 2
To divine or predict from omens.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Omen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circ:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does omen come from?
From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).