Omán
[oˈmãn]
The verdict
“Omán” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #29,322 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #29,322
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País de Asia, ubicado en la península arábiga. Limita con el golfo Pérsico, el golfo de Omán, el mar Arábigo, Yemen, Arabia Saudita y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Omán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [oˈmãn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #29,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Omán” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Omán is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈmãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,322 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País de Asia, ubicado en la península arábiga. Limita con el golfo Pérsico, el golfo de Omán, el mar Arábigo, Yemen, Arabia Saudita y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Omán, with forms such as "moán", "ommán", and "omná". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "on", "OMS", "ora", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Omán, spelled O-M-Á-N.
Definition
- 1País de Asia, ubicado en la península arábiga. Limita con el golfo Pérsico, el golfo de Omán, el mar Arábigo, Yemen, Arabia Saudita y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: moán,ommán,omná,ománn,oámn
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Omán - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Omán”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-M-Á-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oˈmãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “on” - see the side-by-side comparison. Omán vs on
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.