# omit

> English word · Verb · IPA /əʊˈmɪt/ · frequency rank #26,534

## Definitions
1. To leave out or exclude.
2. To fail to perform.
3. To delete or remove; to strike.
4. To neglect or take no notice of.

## 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”.

## Easily confused with
- **OT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-ot)
- **out** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-out)
- **opt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-opt)
- **OST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-ost)
- **OTT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-ott)
- **Ori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-ori)
- **oni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-oni)
- **OSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-osi)
- **oot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-oot)
- **oui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-oui)
- **OPI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-opi)
- **Otis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-otis)
- **oust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-oust)
- **Opie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-opie)
- **Ovid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-ovid)
- **orbit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omit-vs-orbit)
- **oi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oi-vs-omit)
- **om** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/om-vs-omit)
- **oil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oil-vs-omit)
- **OMG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omg-vs-omit)

## Common misspellings (5)
`moit`, `oimt`, `omitt`, `ommit`, `omti`

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