emir

noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,077

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

emir is aPortuguesenoun. It means: título que designa, originariamente, o chefe do mundo muçulmano Often confused with er and emo.

Key facts for emir
PropertyValue
Headwordemir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#27,077
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of emir in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for emir is 4 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #27,077 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for emir, with forms such as "eimr", "emirr", and "emmir". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "er", "emo", "ever", 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 Portuguese form is emir, spelled E-M-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    título que designa, originariamente, o chefe do mundo muçulmano
  2. 2
    nome igualmente dado aos descendentes do Profeta
  3. 3
    título de altos dignitários, dos governadores do Império Turco, dos soberanos muçulmanos

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eimr,emirr,emmir,emri,meir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for emir

Misspelling Variants of "emir"

eimr4emirr5emmir5emri4meir4
Misspelling Variants of "emir"

Frequency rank: #27,077 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "emir"?
"emir" is spelled E-M-I-R.
What does "emir" mean?
As a noun, "emir" means: título que designa, originariamente, o chefe do mundo muçulmano
What words are commonly confused with "emir"?
"emir" is commonly confused with "er", "emo", "ever". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "emir" come from?
"emir" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Portuguese index:

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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.