# Ely vs ex

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### ex
*noun · IPA /ɛks/ · frequency rank #1,633*
The name of the Latin script letter X/x.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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