# email

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈiːmeɪl/ · frequency rank #2,107

## Definitions
1. A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format.
2. The quantity of messages sent through an email system.
3. A message being sent through email.
4. An email address.

## Etymology
The noun is an abbreviation of electronic mail. First attested in the 1970s. The verb is derived from the noun, by analogy with mail (“to send through the mail”).

## Easily confused with
- **evil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/email-vs-evil)
- **emit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/email-vs-emit)
- **Emil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/email-vs-emil)
- **emir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/email-vs-emir)
- **eval** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/email-vs-eval)
- **Emin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/email-vs-emin)
- **Emily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/email-vs-emily)
- **entail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/email-vs-entail)
- **ema** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ema-vs-email)
- **earl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earl-vs-email)

## Common misspellings (6)
`eamil`, `emaill`, `emali`, `emial`, `emmail`, `meail`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/email