omission
French, noun/ɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/
omission is spelled O-M-I-S-S-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Omission is a French feminine noun meaning “omission (act of omitting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’omettre”.
What does omission mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineomission (act of omitting)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’omettre. 2. La chose omise.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of omission
- omissions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce omission?
- /ɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/
- \ɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to omission
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is omission in French?
omission appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).