# l vs li

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### l
*character · IPA /ɛl/ · frequency rank #676*
The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.

### li
*noun · IPA /liː/ · frequency rank #4,685*
The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).

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