# emblem

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛmbləm/ · frequency rank #13,335

## Definitions
1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
2. Something that represents a larger whole.
3. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
4. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
5. A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.

## Etymology
From Old French embleme, from Latin emblema (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλειν (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”). Doublet of emblema.

## Easily confused with
- **Eminem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emblem-vs-eminem)
- **ember** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ember-vs-emblem)
- **embed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embed-vs-emblem)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ebmlem`, `embblem`, `embelm`, `emblemm`, `embllem`, `emblme`, `emlbem`, `emmblem`, `meblem`

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