Which to use
“ema” is a noun and “emit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,373
- “ema” frequency rank
- #20,914
- “emit” frequency rank
- 53287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ema | emit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left hanging at a Shinto shrine. | To send out or give off. |
Letter map: ema vs emit
Shared letters muted; letters that set ema and emit apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ema runs 3 letters (VCV) against emit's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ema / emit
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ema is anoun and emitaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ema is recorded at frequency rank #32,373, classified as anoun. emit is at rank #20,914, tagged as averb, pronounced /iˈmɪt/.
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 53287, this pair ranks #150,187 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ema vs emit
Shared letters: em. Private to "ema": a. Private to "emit": it.
"ema" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "emit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- emit ← eimt · emitt · emmit · emti · meit
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ema" for "emit" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ema" vs "emit" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "ema" and "emit". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ema" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,187 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ema" and "emit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ema vs Eri". 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 #150,187 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.