# emergence

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ · frequency rank #10,536

## Definitions
1. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
2. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
3. An emergency.
4. An outgrowth from the surface, such as a prickle or wart, differing from hairs in arising from more than the superficial cells, and from spines in arising from a few layers only.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.

## Easily confused with
- **emergent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emergence-vs-emergent)
- **emergency** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emergence-vs-emergency)
- **emergencies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emergence-vs-emergencies)

## Common misspellings (14)
`eemrgence`, `emegrence`, `emeregnce`, `emergance`, `emergecne`, `emergencce`, `emergenec`, `emergennce`, `emerggence`, `emergnece`, `emerrgence`, `emmergence`, `emregence`, `meergence`

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