emú
[eˈmu]
The verdict
“emú” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Dromaius) Ave de gran tamaño, no voladora y de plumaje gris parduzco, endémica de Australia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-emu · emú · Spanish
emú · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emú |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈmu] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “emú” en español
Rare enough to double-check
emú is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈmu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Dromaius) Ave de gran tamaño, no voladora y de plumaje gris parduzco, endémica de Australia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for emú in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Spanish form is emú, spelled E-M-Ú.
Definition
- 1(Dromaius) Ave de gran tamaño, no voladora y de plumaje gris parduzco, endémica de Australia.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.