Ema

[ˈema]

/[ˈema]/ name

The verdict

“Ema” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #32,632) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#32,632
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de mujer.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ema · Ema · Spanish

Ema · rank #32,632 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,632
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH embarcar

Nearest frequency peer: embarcar (+1 rank slots)

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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “Ema”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “Ema” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ema vs en
0% similar
Ema vs ex
0% similar
Ema vs et
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ema
PropertyValue
HeadwordEma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈema]
Letters3
Frequency rank#32,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “Ema”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.Emacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “embarcar” (#32,633), “Eliseo” (#32,630), “ebriedad” (#32,629). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “Ema” va en #32,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Ema is neighbouring look-alikes ("en", "ex", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced [ˈema]. Frequency #32,632 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Gloss: "Nombre de pila de mujer.".

Ema doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "en", "ex", "et", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Ema, spelled E-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de mujer.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ema"?
"Ema" is spelled E-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈema].
What does "Ema" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ema" means: Nombre de pila de mujer.
What words are commonly confused with "Ema"?
"Ema" is commonly confused with "en", "ex", "et". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ema"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ema" is [ˈema]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ema" come from?
"Ema" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ema", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list