# eleven

> English word · Numeral · IPA /ɪˈlɛvən/ · frequency rank #5,879

## Definitions
1. The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

## Etymology
From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.

## Easily confused with
- **even** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eleven-vs-even)
- **ellen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eleven-vs-ellen)
- **elves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eleven-vs-elves)
- **elven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eleven-vs-elven)
- **eleventh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eleven-vs-eleventh)
- **Eileen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eileen-vs-eleven)
- **element** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/element-vs-eleven)

## Common misspellings (8)
`eelven`, `eleevn`, `elevenn`, `elevne`, `elevven`, `elleven`, `elveen`, `leeven`

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