# Eileen vs eleven

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Eileen
*name · IPA /aɪˈliːn/ · frequency rank #18,550*
A female given name from Irish.

### eleven
*num · IPA /ɪˈlɛvən/ · frequency rank #5,879*
The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

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