emerita
noun, adjective
emerita is spelled E-M-E-R-I-T-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, emerita means “A female person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of emerita is emeritae.
How many letters and syllables are in emerita?
| Letters | 7: E-M-E-R-I-T-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th 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 emerita?
Emerita appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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).
What rhymes with emerita?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as emerita.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: emirate.
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 emerita
- emeritae plural
- emeritus masculine, singular
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emerita mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A female person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title.
- 2
plural of emeritum
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of emeritus (“(often postpositive) retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does emerita come from?
From the Latin ēmerita, the feminine singular form of ēmeritus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).