emplacement
noun
emplacement is spelled E-M-P-L-A-C-E-M-E-N-T: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, emplacement means “An installation that houses a military weapon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of emplacement is emplacements.
How many letters and syllables are in emplacement?
| Letters | 11: E-M-P-L-A-C-E-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th 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 emplacement?
Emplacement appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th 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 emplacement?
- US
Emplacement has 3 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)-Flame,_not_lame-emplacement.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of emplacement
- emplacements plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emplacement mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An installation that houses a military weapon.
- 2
A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
- 3
The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does emplacement come from?
From French emplacement, from en- + placement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).