ele
/ˈɛliː/
"ele" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ele” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #36,121) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #36,121
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Elephant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ele · ele · English
ele · rank #36,121 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,121
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH elaboration
Nearest frequency peer: elaboration (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “ele”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- drowsy
drowsy
63,885 corpus weight
- Dunlap
Dunlap
63,884 corpus weight
- elaboration
elaboration
63,881 corpus weight
- ele
ele
63,880 corpus weight
- Elwood
Elwood
63,879 corpus weight
- eminently
eminently
63,878 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “ele” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ele |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛliː/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #36,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “ele”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ele is neighbouring look-alikes ("ex", "et", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈɛliː/. Frequency #36,121 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Gloss: "Elephant.".
ele has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ex", "et", "EU", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of elephant. The correct English form is ele, spelled E-L-E.
Definition
- 1Elephant.
Etymology
Clipping of elephant.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).