Which to use
“omet” and “ôté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,807
- “omet” frequency rank
- #31,318
- “ôté” frequency rank
- 65125
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | omet | ôté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de omettre. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe ôter. |
Where the eye mixes omet and ôté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: omet vs ôté
A purely visual mix-up. omet (\ɔ.mɛ\) and ôté (\o.te\) 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 65125, 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\. ôté is at rank #31,318, tagged as averb, pronounced \o.te\.
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 65125, this pair ranks #73,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of omet vs ôté
Shared letters: t. Private to "omet": emo. Private to "ôté": éô.
"omet" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ôté" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- omet ← moet · oemt · omett · ommet · omte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "omet" for "ôté" ever safe?
Frequency check: "omet" vs "ôté" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "omet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ôté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "omet" and "ôté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "och vs ôté". 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 #73,735 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.