Elim

name

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"elim" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Elim” is uncommon English (frequency #62,865 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,865
frequency rank, English
18,836
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An oasis in Sinai, New Kingdom, Egyptian Empire; Hebrew אֵילִם

Key facts for Elim
PropertyValue
HeadwordElim
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#62,865
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Elim” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Elim lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Elim is uncommon English at frequency #62,865 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Elim, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Elim, spelled E-L-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    An oasis in Sinai, New Kingdom, Egyptian Empire; Hebrew אֵילִם
  2. 2
    A village and capital of Elim district, Omusati, Namibia.
  3. 3
    A district of Omusati, Namibia. Seat: Elim.
  4. 4
    A village in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
  5. 5
    A village in Agulhas Plain, Western Cape, South Africa.
  6. 6
    A village in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom.
  7. 7
    A city in Nome district, Alaska, United States.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Elim"?
"Elim" is spelled E-L-I-M.
What does "Elim" mean?
As a proper noun, "Elim" means: An oasis in Sinai, New Kingdom, Egyptian Empire; Hebrew אֵילִם
What language does "Elim" come from?
"Elim" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Elim”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is E-L-I-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list