empath
/ˈɛm.pæθ/noun
empath is spelled E-M-P-A-T-H: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, empath means “Someone who does so through psychological talent or training, thus having an unusually good level of empathy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of empath is empaths.
How many letters and syllables are in empath?
| Letters | 6: E-M-P-A-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th 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 empath?
Empath appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th 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 empath?
- /ˈɛm.pæθ/
Empath 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: En-us-empath.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of empath
- empaths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does empath mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who does so through psychological talent or training, thus having an unusually good level of empathy.
- 2
Someone who does so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.
Near-synonyms: telempath, telepath
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Empath in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person with excessive empathy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | empathe |
| German | Empath, Empathin |
| Portuguese | pessoa empática |
| Spanish | émpata, zahorí |
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.
Where does empath come from?
From empathy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).