emp
noun
emp is spelled E-M-P: 3 letters. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, emp means “Abbreviation of employee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of emp is emps.
How many letters and syllables are in emp?
| Letters | 3: E-M-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 25,751st 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 emp?
Emp appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 25,751st 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).
Forms of emp
- emps plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of employee.
adjective
- 1
Abbreviation of extremely metal-poor.
noun
- 1
Initialism of electromagnetic pulse.
- 2
Initialism of enamel matrix protein.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Emp in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense initialism of electromagnetic pulse:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | EMI, EMP |
| Spanish | PEM |
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.