emulator
/ˈɛmjəˌleɪtəɹ/
"emulator" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“emulator” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,156. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,156
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person or thing that emulates.
Corpus desk
Index EN-emulator · emulator · English
emulator · rank #31,156 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,156
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH empathetic
Nearest frequency peer: empathetic (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “emulator”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- EFL
EFL
68,849 corpus weight
- electrostat…
electrostatic
68,848 corpus weight
- embed
embed
68,847 corpus weight
- empathetic
empathetic
68,846 corpus weight
- emulator
emulator
68,845 corpus weight
- enlistment
enlistment
68,842 corpus weight
What this shows “emulator” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emulator |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛmjəˌleɪtəɹ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “emulator”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around emulator (IPA /ˈɛmjəˌleɪtəɹ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,156 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for emulator, with forms such as "emluator", "emmulator", and "emualtor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "equator", "emulate", "educator", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is emulator, spelled E-M-U-L-A-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1A person or thing that emulates.
- 2A piece of software or hardware that simulates another system.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how emulator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I admire the conqueror of Tlajcala and of Culna, but I find in the life of this emulator of Caesar actions which, if necessity warranted, the heart must still refuse to approve […]
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emluator
- emmulator
- emualtor
- emulaotr
- emulatorr
- emulatro
- emulattor
- emullator
- emultaor
- eumlator
- meulator
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emulator - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "emulator", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).