elke
obsolete
elke is spelled E-L-K-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, elke means “The European wild, whistling, or common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of elke is elkes.
How many letters and syllables are in elke?
| Letters | 4: E-L-K-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is elke?
Elke appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with elke
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: elk.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with elke?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as elke.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: keel, leek.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of elke
- elk
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does elke mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteThe European wild, whistling, or common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).