Emma

\ɛ.ma\

/\ɛ.ma\/ name

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The verdict

“Emma” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,449) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#5,449
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin français.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emma · Emma · French

Emma · rank #5,449 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,449
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH effectifs

Nearest frequency peer: effectifs (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Emma »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « Emma » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des 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).

Emma vs eva
25% similar
Emma vs ému
25% similar
Emma vs ena
25% similar

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

Key facts for Emma
PropertyValue
HeadwordEmma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɛ.ma\
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,449
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Emma »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Emmase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « effectifs » (#5,448), « enseignant » (#5,450), « déplacements » (#5,447). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « Emma » est au #5,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Emma is neighbouring look-alikes ("eva", "ému", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced \ɛ.ma\. Frequency #5,449 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Gloss: "Prénom féminin français.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for Emma, with forms such as "ema", "emam", and "mema". 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, "eva", "ému", "ena", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Emma, spelled E-M-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin français.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Emma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À la chapelle de Lochrist, la guide d’exposition de l’été est Emma Stead.
  2. Dans Et l’amour dans tout ça, de Shekhar Kapur, Emma Thompson incarne la maman un peu fofolle d’une documentariste jouée par Lily James.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ema
  • emam
  • mema

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Emma - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ema1emam2mema2
Edit distance from "Emma"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Emma"?
"Emma" is spelled E-M-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ma\.
What does "Emma" mean?
As a proper noun, "Emma" means: Prénom féminin français.
What words are commonly confused with "Emma"?
"Emma" is commonly confused with "eva", "ému", "ena". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Emma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Emma" is \ɛ.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Emma" come from?
"Emma" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

FIFA#5,456high#5,461hong#5,462clos#5,433

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list