emigration

Name: emigration, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“emigration” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,913
frequency rank, English: 2,246
“E” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

Corpus desk

Index EN-emigration · emigration · English

emigration · rank #20,913 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #20,913
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-MID 2,246
PHOTO-FINISH emeritus

Nearest frequency peer: emeritus (-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.

easing

79,092
Eid

79,091
emeritus

79,089
emigration

79,088
emit

79,087
enthusiasti…

79,086

What this shows “emigration” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for emigration
Property	Value
Headword	emigration
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#20,913
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “emigration”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).emigrationlands here:

#20,913

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “emeritus” (#20,912), “emit” (#20,914), “enthusiastically” (#20,915). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “emigration” is #20,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around emigration, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,913 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for emigration, with forms such as "eimgration", "emgiration", and "emigartion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin stem of emigratio, from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”). The correct English form is emigration, spelled E-M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

1
The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
2
A body of emigrants; emigrants collectively.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how emigration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

the Irish emigration

Etymology

From Late Latin stem of emigratio, from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”).

This word in other languages

emigración(Español)émigration(Français)Auswanderung(Deutsch)emigração(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

eimgration
emgiration
emigartion
emiggration
emigraiton
emigrasion
emigratino
emigrationn
emigratoin
emigrattion
emigrration
emigrtaion
emirgation
emmigration
meigration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emigration - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "emigration"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "emigration"?

"emigration" is spelled E-M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.

What does "emigration" mean?

As a noun, "emigration" means: The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

What are common misspellings of "emigration"?

Common misspellings include "eimgration", "emgiration", "emigartion", "emiggration", "emigraiton". The correct spelling is "emigration".

What is the origin of the word "emigration"?

From Late Latin stem of emigratio, from e (“out”) + migrare (“to move, remove, depart”). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "emigration", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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