omnipotence
/ɒmˈnɪpətəns/
"omnipotence" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“omnipotence” is uncommon English (frequency #54,985 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,985
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.
Corpus desk
Index EN-omnipotence · omnipotence · English
omnipotence · rank #54,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,985
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Okie
Nearest frequency peer: Okie (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “omnipotence”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- OED
OED
45,020 corpus weight
- Ogg
Ogg
45,018 corpus weight
- Okie
Okie
45,017 corpus weight
- omnipotence
omnipotence
45,016 corpus weight
- OPC
OPC
45,015 corpus weight
- opossum
opossum
45,014 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “omnipotence” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | omnipotence |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɒmˈnɪpətəns/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “omnipotence” in English
Rare enough to double-check
omnipotence is uncommon English at frequency #54,985 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɒmˈnɪpətəns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.".
Zero misspellings are on record for omnipotence in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Middle English omnipotens, from Old French omnipotence, from Latin omnipotentia. The correct English form is omnipotence, spelled O-M-N-I-P-O-T-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Unlimited power; commonly attributed to a deity or deities.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how omnipotence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One purpose of the Freedom of Information Act is to make our society less of a police state. Until the CIA's omnipotence is seriously challenged, however, the xeroxed papers in my hand have little meaning. For now, they remind me of nothing less than the simple fact that evil forces still control our society.
Etymology
From Late Middle English omnipotens, from Old French omnipotence, from Latin omnipotentia.
This word in other languages
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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