Emma
[ˈɛma]
The verdict
“Emma” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,355) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,355
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname
Corpus desk
Index DE-emma · Emma · German
Emma · rank #5,355 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,355
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Einzelfall
Nearest frequency peer: Einzelfall (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Emma“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- Dutzend
Dutzend
94,649 corpus weight
- Einblick
Einblick
94,648 corpus weight
- Einzelfall
Einzelfall
94,647 corpus weight
- Emma
Emma
94,646 corpus weight
- entwickelten
entwickelten
94,645 corpus weight
- Episode
Episode
94,644 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Emma“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Emma |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛma] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Emma“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Emma is neighbouring look-alikes ("Eva", "Ems", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈɛma]. Frequency #5,355 among 4,632 “E” headwords. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for Emma, with forms such as "ema", "emam", and "mema". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eva", "Ems", "ESA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Emma, spelled E-M-M-A.
Definition
- 1weiblicher Vorname
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Emma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die kleine Emma möchte im Kinderparadies abgeholt werden.
Emma Mustermann ist ein schönes Mädchen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ema
- emam
- mema
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Emma - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).