Emmett
"emmett" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Emmett” sits in 1 confusable pair (corpus #23,525) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #23,525
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname transferred from the given name.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Emmett |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Emmett” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Emmett is neighbouring look-alikes ("emmet"), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #23,525 among 18,836 “E” headwords. 9 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Emmett, with forms such as "ememtt", "emett", and "emmtet". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "emmet", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma. The correct English form is Emmett, spelled E-M-M-E-T-T.
Definition
- 1A surname transferred from the given name.
- 2A male or unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- 3A number of places in the United States:
- 4A number of places in the United States:
- 5A number of places in the United States:
- 6A number of places in the United States:
- 7A number of places in the United States:
- 8A number of places in the United States:
- 9A number of places in the United States:
Etymology
From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ememtt
- emett
- emmtet
- memett
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Emmett - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “Emmett”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-M-M-E-T-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “emmet” - see the side-by-side comparison. Emmett vs emmet
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Words at a similar English frequency
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.