# Ella vs Ely

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ella
*name · IPA /ˈɛl.ə/ · frequency rank #12,414*
A female given name.

### Ely
*name · IPA /iːli/ · frequency rank #22,658*
A cathedral city and civil parish (served by City of Ely Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England.

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