# elegy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/ · frequency rank #41,101

## Definitions
1. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
2. A composition of mournful character.
3. A classical poem written in elegiac meter

## Etymology
From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).

## Easily confused with
- **Ely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elegy-vs-ely)
- **every** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elegy-vs-every)
- **enemy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elegy-vs-enemy)
- **Elena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elegy-vs-elena)
- **emery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elegy-vs-emery)
- **energy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elegy-vs-energy)
- **eulogy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elegy-vs-eulogy)
- **EEG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eeg-vs-elegy)
- **ele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ele-vs-elegy)
- **edgy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edgy-vs-elegy)
- **elect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elect-vs-elegy)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eelgy`, `eleggy`, `elegyy`, `eleyg`, `elgey`, `ellegy`, `leegy`

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