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Which to use

“Ema” and “emir” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,695
“Ema” frequency rank
#27,077
“emir” frequency rank
46772
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ema emir
Definition prenome feminino título que designa, originariamente, o chefe do mundo muçulmano

Letter map: Ema vs emir

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ema and emir apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Ema runs 3 letters (VCV) against emir's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
Ema
4 ch
emir

Spelling & dictionary notes on Ema vs emir

Ema and emir are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ema is recorded at frequency rank #19,695, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈẽ.mɐ/. emir is at rank #27,077, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 46772, this pair ranks #18,545 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Ema vs emir

Shared letters: em. Private to "Ema": a. Private to "emir": ir.

"Ema" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "emir" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emir ← eimr · emirr · emmir · emri · meir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Ema" for "emir" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Ema" vs "emir" - which ranks higher?
"Ema" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,695 in our Portuguese list, against #27,077 for "emir". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Ema" and "emir".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ema" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,545 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ema" and "emir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "elio vs emir". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #18,545 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list