Which to use
“Emmy” is a name and “Emmys” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,684
- “Emmy” frequency rank
- #30,021
- “Emmys” frequency rank
- 40705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Emmy | Emmys |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A diminutive of Emily, Emma, Emmeline or Amelia, also used as a female given name. | plural of Emmy |
Letter map: Emmy vs Emmys
Shared letters muted; letters that set Emmy and Emmys apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Emmy runs 4 letters (VCCV) against Emmys's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Emmy / Emmys
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Emmy is aname and Emmysanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Emmy” sits inside “Emmys”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Emmy is recorded at frequency rank #10,684, classified as aname. Emmys is at rank #30,021, tagged as anoun.
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 40705, this pair ranks #265,127 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Emmy vs Emmys
Shared letters: emy. Private to "Emmy": -. Private to "Emmys": s.
"Emmy" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "Emmys" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "Emmy" and "Emmys". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Emmy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Emmys" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,127 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Emmy" and "Emmys" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "elms vs Emmys". 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 #265,127 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.