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omitting

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "omitting", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "omitting" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "omitting" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

omitting is aEnglishnoun. It means: An act of omission.

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Key facts for omitting
PropertyValue
Headwordomitting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,769
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of omitting in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for omitting is 8 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #33,769 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An act of omission.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for omitting, with forms such as "moitting", "oimtting", and "omiting". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is omitting, spelled O-M-I-T-T-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    An act of omission.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: moitting,oimtting,omiting,omititng,omittign,omittingg,omittinng,omittnig,ommitting,omtiting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for omitting

Misspelling Variants of "omitting"

moitting8oimtting8omiting7omititng8omittign8omittingg9omittinng9omittnig8
Misspelling Variants of "omitting"

Frequency rank: #33,769 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "omitting"?
"omitting" is spelled O-M-I-T-T-I-N-G.
What does "omitting" mean?
As a noun, "omitting" means: An act of omission.
What are common misspellings of "omitting"?
Common misspellings include "moitting", "oimtting", "omiting", "omititng", "omittign". The correct spelling is "omitting".
What language does "omitting" come from?
"omitting" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.