ems
noun
ems is spelled E-M-S: 3 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ems means “plural of em” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ems?
| Letters | 3: E-M-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ems?
Ems appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th 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 ems?
Ems 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).
What rhymes with ems?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ems.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sem, mes.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does ems mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of em
noun
- 1
USInitialism of emergency medical service or emergency medical services, an organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is to provide emergency prehospital care to the public; the care that it provides.
- 2
Initialism of electrical muscle stimulation
- 3
Initialism of encephalomyosynangiosis
- 4
Initialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
- 5
Initialism of express mail service, a type of international express mail services.
- 6
Initialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
- 7
Initialism of Expanded Memory Specification.
- 8
Initialism of environmental management system.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of ems.
noun
- 1
plural of EM
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ems come from?
Abbreviation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).