# EMS

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #18,068

## Definitions
1. Initialism 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 express mail service, a type of international express mail services.
3. Initialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
4. Initialism of Expanded Memory Specification.
5. Initialism of environmental management system.
6. Initialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.

## Easily confused with
- **ex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-ex)
- **et** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-et)
- **EU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-eu)
- **en** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-en)
- **er** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-er)
- **EP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-ep)
- **ES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-es)
- **EV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-ev)
- **ew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-ew)
- **ey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-ey)
- **ez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-ez)
- **eo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-eo)
- **end** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-end)
- **eye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-eye)
- **era** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-era)
- **eve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-eve)
- **est** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-est)
- **EPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-epa)
- **EVA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-eva)
- **eng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ems-vs-eng)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ems