ometvsontWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“omet” and “ont” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,807
“omet” frequency rank
#61
“ont” frequency rank
33868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature omet ont
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de omettre. Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe avoir.

Where the eye mixes omet and ont

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
omet
3 ch
ont

Why the eye confuses omet with ont

A purely visual mix-up. omet (\ɔ.mɛ\) and ont (\ɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

omet is recorded at frequency rank #33,807, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔ.mɛ\. ont is at rank #61, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ̃\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 33868, this pair ranks #287,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of omet vs ont

Shared letters: ot. Private to "omet": em. Private to "ont": n.

"omet" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "ont" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ometmoet · oemt · omett · ommet · omte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "omet" for "ont" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɔ.mɛ\ versus \ɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "omet" vs "ont" - which ranks higher?
"ont" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #61 in our French list, against #33,807 for "omet". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "omet" and "ont" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "omet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ont" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #287,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "omet" and "ont" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "omet vs oust". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #287,741 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list