Which to use
“omis” and “ours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,266
- “omis” frequency rank
- #4,358
- “ours” frequency rank
- 22624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | omis | ours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui n'avait pas été inscrite sur les listes de recrutement de l'armée. | Plantigrade, carnassier ou omnivore, à fourrure épaisse, de la famille des ursidés. |
Where the eye mixes omis and ours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between omis and ours
A purely visual mix-up. omis (\ɔ.mi\) and ours (\uʁs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22624, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
omis is recorded at frequency rank #18,266, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.mi\. ours is at rank #4,358, tagged as anoun, pronounced \uʁs\.
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 22624, this pair ranks #356,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of omis vs ours
Shared letters: os. Private to "omis": im. Private to "ours": ru.
"omis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ours" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "omis" and "ours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "omis" or "ours" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "omis" and "ours" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "omis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "omis" and "ours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oim vs omis". 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 #356,975 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.