Emmy
/ˈɛmi/noun
Emmy is spelled E-M-M-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Emmy means “An award given for artistic excellence in television productions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Emmy is Emmys.
How many letters and syllables are in Emmy?
| Letters | 4: E-M-M-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is Emmy?
Emmy appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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 Emmy?
- /ˈɛmi/
Emmy 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-Emmy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Emmy
- Emmys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Emmy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An award given for artistic excellence in television productions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Emmy come from?
Chosen as a feminine-sounding derivation of immy, a nickname for the image orthicon tubes used in early television cameras.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).