emir
/ɛˈmɪə(ɹ)/noun
emir is spelled E-M-I-R: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “amir vs emir” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, emir means “A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of emir is emirs; Wiktionary also lists umara (rare).
How many letters and syllables are in emir?
| Letters | 4: E-M-I-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,150th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is emir?
Emir appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th 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).
How do you pronounce emir?
- /ɛˈmɪə(ɹ)/
- /ˈɛmɪə(ɹ)/
Emir has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-emir.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-emir2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with emir
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with emir?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as emir.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mire, rime, reim.
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 emir
- emirs plural
- umara plural, rare
- amir
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
- 2
A descendant of the prophet Muhammad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Emir in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Islamic prince or leader:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does emir come from?
From Middle French emir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral, and amira.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).