# el vs ES

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ES
*name · frequency rank #7,919*
Initialism of Espírito Santo: a state of Brazil.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/el-vs-es