emplace
verb
emplace is spelled E-M-P-L-A-C-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, emplace means “To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in emplace?
| Letters | 7: E-M-P-L-A-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th 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 emplace?
Emplace appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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 emplace
- emplaces present, singular, he/she/it
- emplacing participle, present
- emplaced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emplace mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To assign a position to something, or to locate something at a particular place
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does emplace come from?
From em- + place. Cognate to French emplacer, Spanish emplazar, Portuguese emplaçar, Catalan emplaçar & Italian impiazzare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).