Emily

//ˈɛm.ə.li// name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,565

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Emily is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de mujer, equivalente del español Emilia Pronounced /ˈɛm.ə.li/. Often confused with evil and emir.

Key facts for Emily
PropertyValue
HeadwordEmily
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA/ˈɛm.ə.li/
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,565
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Emily in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Emily is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɛm.ə.li/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,565 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de mujer, equivalente del español Emilia".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Emily, with forms such as "eimly", "emilly", and "emilyy". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "evil", "emir", "emite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Emily, spelled E-M-I-L-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de mujer, equivalente del español Emilia

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eimly,emilly,emilyy,emiyl,emliy,emmily,meily

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Emily

Misspelling Variants of "Emily"

eimly5emilly6emilyy6emiyl5emliy5emmily6meily5
Misspelling Variants of "Emily"

Frequency rank: #11,565 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Emily"?
"Emily" is spelled E-M-I-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɛm.ə.li/.
What does "Emily" mean?
As a name, "Emily" means: Nombre de pila de mujer, equivalente del español Emilia
What words are commonly confused with "Emily"?
"Emily" is commonly confused with "evil", "emir", "emite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Emily"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Emily" is /ˈɛm.ə.li/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Emily" come from?
"Emily" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.