emittance
/ɪˈmɪt̬.əns/noun
emittance is spelled E-M-I-T-T-A-N-C-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, emittance means “The quantity of luminous flux emitted per unit area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of emittance is emittances.
How many letters and syllables are in emittance?
| Letters | 9: E-M-I-T-T-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is emittance?
Emittance appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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 emittance?
- US /ɪˈmɪt̬.əns/
Emittance has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-emittance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of emittance
- emittances plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emittance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quantity of luminous flux emitted per unit area.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).