emanate
/ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/
"emanate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“emanate” is uncommon English (frequency #52,292 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,292
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To come from a source; issue from.
Corpus desk
Index EN-emanate · emanate · English
emanate · rank #52,292 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,292
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH encapsulate
Nearest frequency peer: encapsulate (+3 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “emanate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dyck
Dyck
47,715 corpus weight
- Eck
Eck
47,714 corpus weight
- effervescent
effervescent
47,713 corpus weight
- emanate
emanate
47,709 corpus weight
- encapsulate
encapsulate
47,706 corpus weight
- ens
ens
47,704 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “emanate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emanate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,292 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “emanate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
emanate is uncommon English at frequency #52,292 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
emanate has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ēmānāre (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from e (“out”) + mānāre (“to flow”). The correct English form is emanate, spelled E-M-A-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To come from a source; issue from.
- 2To send or give out; emit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emanate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fragrance emanates from flowers.
[…] this Association has taken into its serious consideration a proposal, emanating from the aforesaid, Samuel Pickwick, Esq., G.C.M.P.C., and three other Pickwickians hereinafter named, […]
Etymology
From Latin ēmānāre (“to flow out, spring out of, arise, proceed from”), from e (“out”) + mānāre (“to flow”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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