# ales vs Alger

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ales
*noun · IPA /eɪlz/ · frequency rank #34,373*
plural of ale

### Alger
*name · frequency rank #45,778*
A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Elgar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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