FEMA
/ˈfiːmə/
"fema" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“FEMA” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,458. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,458
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acronym of Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fema · FEMA · English
FEMA · rank #27,458 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,458
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH federalist
Nearest frequency peer: federalist (-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 “FEMA”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- fas
fas
72,547 corpus weight
- Fayetteville
Fayetteville
72,546 corpus weight
- federalist
federalist
72,544 corpus weight
- FEMA
FEMA
72,543 corpus weight
- fervent
fervent
72,542 corpus weight
- fisk
fisk
72,540 corpus weight
What this shows “FEMA” 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 | FEMA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈfiːmə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #27,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “FEMA”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around FEMA (IPA /ˈfiːmə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,458 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Acronym of Federal Emergency Management Agency.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for FEMA, with forms such as "efma", "feam", and "femma". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "FM", "few", "FLA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 FEMA, spelled F-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1Acronym of Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how FEMA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
FEMA produces maps showing which areas are at risk from flooding, so that homeowners, builders and local officials can make informed decisions about where and how to build houses.
After a disaster, the two agencies chiefly responsible for helping victims are FEMA, which focuses on emergency shelter and limited home repairs, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which funds long-term rebuilding.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- efma
- feam
- femma
- ffema
- fmea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of FEMA - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "FEMA", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).