Omited or omitted?
Did you mean omitted? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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omited
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omitted
Correct spelling: omitted. Misspelling: omited.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Omit has one M and doubles its T before -ed: o-MIT-TED.
Why people write “omited”
The misspelling “omited” is only one letter off: it uses a single T where omitted has a double TT.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make omitted automatic.
Other misspellings of “omitted”
People also write “ommitted”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“ommitted”
Correct spelling: omitted. Misspelling: ommitted.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “ommitted” is only one letter off: it doubles the M, which omitted spells with just one.
What does “omitted” mean?
“Omitted” in a sentence
- Two names were omitted from the list.
- The bad results were excluded from the report.
- How could I miss that typo?.
Is “omitted” a playable word?
10 points in Scrabble · 11 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“omited” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from OMITTED.