# emerge

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #8,417

## Definitions
1. To come into view.
2. To come out of a situation, object, or a liquid.
3. To become known.

## Etymology
First attested in the late 16th century. Borrowed from Middle French emerger, from Latin ēmergō (“to rise up or out”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (“out, forth”)) + mergō (“to dip, to sink”)

## Easily confused with
- **emery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emerge-vs-emery)
- **energy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emerge-vs-energy)
- **emerged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emerge-vs-emerged)
- **emergent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emerge-vs-emergent)
- **eerie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eerie-vs-emerge)

## Common misspellings (8)
`eemrge`, `emegre`, `emereg`, `emergge`, `emerrge`, `emmerge`, `emrege`, `meerge`

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