Which to use
“omission” and “omissions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,968
- “omission” frequency rank
- #35,180
- “omissions” frequency rank
- 59148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | omission | omissions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’omettre. | Pluriel de omission. |
Same sound, different letters: omission vs omissions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. omission runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against omissions's 9 (VCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - omission and omissions
This is the hard kind. omission and omissions are pronounced identically (\ɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “omission” sits inside “omissions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
omission is recorded at frequency rank #23,968, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\. omissions is at rank #35,180, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.mi.sjɔ̃\.
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 59148, this pair ranks #104,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of omission vs omissions
Shared letters: imnos. Private to "omission": -. Private to "omissions": -.
"omission" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "omissions" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "omission" and "omissions" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "omission" vs "omissions" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "omission" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "omissions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #104,791 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.