# ele vs Elmer

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ele
*noun · IPA /ˈɛliː/ · frequency rank #36,121*
Elephant.

### Elmer
*name · IPA /ˈɛlmɚ/ · frequency rank #22,657*
A surname transferred from the given name.

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