# omen

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈəʊmən/ · frequency rank #24,845

## Definitions
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.
2. A thing of prophetic significance.

## Etymology
From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).

## Easily confused with
- **on** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-on)
- **one** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-one)
- **own** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-own)
- **owe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-owe)
- **ore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-ore)
- **OMG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-omg)
- **omi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-omi)
- **over** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-over)
- **open** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-open)
- **ones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-ones)
- **oven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-oven)
- **Owen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-owen)
- **owed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-owed)
- **OPEC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-opec)
- **omit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-omit)
- **ores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-ores)
- **Oreo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-oreo)
- **oxen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-oxen)
- **omer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-omer)
- **OMFG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-omfg)

## Common misspellings (5)
`moen`, `oemn`, `omenn`, `ommen`, `omne`

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