# els vs era

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### els
*noun · IPA /ˈɛlz/ · frequency rank #35,277*
plural of el

### era
*noun · IPA /ˈɪə.ɹə/ · frequency rank #2,153*
A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.

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