# ed vs el

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ed
*noun · IPA /ɛd/ · frequency rank #1,691*
edition

### el
*noun · IPA /ˈɛl/ · frequency rank #2,673*
The name of the Latin script letter L/l.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ed-vs-el