eme
/-iːm/noun
eme is spelled E-M-E: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, eme means “An uncle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of eme is emes.
How many letters and syllables are in eme?
| Letters | 3: E-M-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is eme?
Eme appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce eme?
- /-iːm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with eme?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as eme.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mee.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of eme
- emes plural
- eam
- eem
- eame
- neam
- neame
- neme
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does eme mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An uncle.
- 2
ScotlandFriend.
adjective
- 1
Initialism of
- 2
Earth–Moon–Earth.
- 3
Initialism of Early Modern English.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Eme in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense linguistic base unit:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does eme come from?
From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).