eme
"eme" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eme” is uncommon English (frequency #65,861 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,861
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An uncle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-eme · eme · English
eme · rank #65,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,861
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Emmeline
Nearest frequency peer: Emmeline (+1 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 “eme”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- electrodyna…
electrodynamics
34,143 corpus weight
- eme
eme
34,140 corpus weight
- Emmeline
Emmeline
34,139 corpus weight
- Endymion
Endymion
34,138 corpus weight
- EpiPen
EpiPen
34,136 corpus weight
- equalise
equalise
34,135 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “eme” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eme |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #65,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “eme” in English
Rare enough to double-check
eme is uncommon English at frequency #65,861 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for eme in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam. The correct English form is eme, spelled E-M-E.
Definition
- 1An uncle.
- 2Friend.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ¶ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr Marhaus
Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted […]
Etymology
From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.
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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