omit
/əʊˈmɪt/
"omit" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“omit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,534. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,534
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To leave out or exclude.
Corpus desk
Index EN-omit · omit · English
omit · rank #26,534 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,534
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH obtainable
Nearest frequency peer: obtainable (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “omit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- objectionab…
objectionable
73,470 corpus weight
- obliterated
obliterated
73,469 corpus weight
- obtainable
obtainable
73,468 corpus weight
- omit
omit
73,467 corpus weight
- oncoming
oncoming
73,466 corpus weight
- opportunist…
opportunistic
73,465 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “omit” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | omit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əʊˈmɪt/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #26,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “omit” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around omit (IPA /əʊˈmɪt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,534 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for omit, with forms such as "moit", "oimt", and "omitt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "OT", "out", "opt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: At least by 1422, from late Middle English omitten, borrowed from Latin omittō (“to let go”), from ob- + mittō (“to send”), but also had the connotations “to fail to perform” and “to neglect”. The correct English form is omit, spelled O-M-I-T.
Definition
- 1To leave out or exclude.
- 2To fail to perform.
- 3To delete or remove; to strike.
- 4To neglect or take no notice of.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how omit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She climbed out of the car and carefully omitted to lock it. She never left anything of value in it, and she found that it was to her advantage if people didn’t have to break anything in order to find that out.
In the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, omit sections 146(4) and 147(3) (homosexual acts as grounds for dismissal from the crew of merchant ships).
Etymology
At least by 1422, from late Middle English omitten, borrowed from Latin omittō (“to let go”), from ob- + mittō (“to send”), but also had the connotations “to fail to perform” and “to neglect”.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- moit
- oimt
- omitt
- ommit
- omti
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of omit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "omit" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "OT". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #26,534 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
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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.