# elms vs Ely

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### elms
*noun · IPA /ɛlmz/ · frequency rank #37,902*
plural of elm

### 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/elms-vs-ely