/ˈiːmeɪl/
"e-mail" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“e-mail” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of email.
Corpus desk
Index EN-e-mail · e-mail · English
e-mail · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈiːmeɪl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “e-mail” in English
Rare enough to double-check
e-mail is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈiːmeɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of email.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for e-mail, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 English form is e-mail, spelled E---M-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of email.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how e-mail appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I finally figured out what e-mail is for. it's for communicating with people you'd rather not talk to.
She had been crushed for two whole days by an e-mail from her betrothed, which had announced that he had married a British woman.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.