Emmitt

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

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

The verdict

“Emmitt” is uncommon English (frequency #67,406 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,406
frequency rank, English: 2,246
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname transferred from the given name.

Corpus desk

Index EN-emmitt · Emmitt · English

Emmitt · rank #67,406 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #67,406
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 2,246
PHOTO-FINISH embellishing

Nearest frequency peer: embellishing (-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.

elucidation

32,598
embellishing

32,596
Emmitt

32,595
Enceladus

32,594
encirclement

32,593
endocarditis

32,592

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Emmitt” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Key facts for Emmitt
Property	Value
Headword	Emmitt
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#67,406
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Emmitt” in English

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).Emmittfalls in this rarity band:

#67,406

#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. Rare peers in the same band: “embellishing” (#67,405), “Enceladus” (#67,407), “encirclement” (#67,408). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “Emmitt” is #67,406. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Emmitt is uncommon English at frequency #67,406 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Emmitt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma. The correct English form is Emmitt, spelled E-M-M-I-T-T.

Definition

1
A surname transferred from the given name.
2
A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymology

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.

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 "Emmitt"?

"Emmitt" is spelled E-M-M-I-T-T.

What does "Emmitt" mean?

As a proper noun, "Emmitt" means: A surname transferred from the given name.

What is the origin of the word "Emmitt"?

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma. 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 "Emmitt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erlang#67,415 Eubank#67,420 demote#67,360 Frisch#67,462