# omer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈəʊmə/ · frequency rank #34,212

## Definitions
1. A former small Hebrew unit of dry volume equal to about 2.3 L or 2.1 quarts.
2. A vessel of one omer.
3. The sheaf of barley offered on the second day of Passover.

## Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew עומר / עֹמֶר ('ómer, “sheaf”).

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

## Common misspellings (3)
`oemr`, `omerr`, `ommer`

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