omnium
/ˈɒm.ni.əm/
"omnium" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“omnium” is uncommon English (frequency #52,534 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,534
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pur...
Corpus desk
Index EN-omnium · omnium · English
omnium · rank #52,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,534
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH Oldsmobile
Nearest frequency peer: Oldsmobile (-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 “omnium”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- offal
offal
47,470 corpus weight
- offsite
offsite
47,469 corpus weight
- Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile
47,468 corpus weight
- omnium
omnium
47,467 corpus weight
- oratorio
oratorio
47,465 corpus weight
- oryx
oryx
47,464 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “omnium” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | omnium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒm.ni.əm/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “omnium” in English
Rare enough to double-check
omnium is uncommon English at frequency #52,534 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɒm.ni.əm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
omnium doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin omnium (literally “of all”), genitive plural of omnis (“all, every”). The correct English form is omnium, spelled O-M-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.
- 2The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is usually funded.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how omnium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When a loan is contracted , the prices of Omnium may be quoted for delivery of the receipts , and afterwards for money , and the next succeeding payment .
Etymology
From Latin omnium (literally “of all”), genitive plural of omnis (“all, every”).
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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