omnium
/ˈɒm.ni.əm/
"omnium" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“omnium” is uncommon English (frequency #52,534 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,534
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “omnium” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
omnium is uncommon English at frequency #52,534 among 15,494 “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.
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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Using “omnium”
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- The one correct English spelling is O-M-N-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.