# Elsa

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɛlsə/ · frequency rank #16,462

## Definitions
1. A female given name from German or Hebrew.

## Etymology
From German Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847).

## Easily confused with
- **ES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-es)
- **era** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-era)
- **est** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-est)
- **EPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-epa)
- **EVA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-eva)
- **EPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-eps)
- **eta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-eta)
- **EMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-ems)
- **ESA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-esa)
- **Eos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-eos)
- **Ely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-ely)
- **ERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-ers)
- **ESL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-esl)
- **ETS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-ets)
- **ema** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-ema)
- **ESC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-esc)
- **ese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-ese)
- **else** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-else)
- **Emma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-emma)
- **Ezra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-ezra)

## Common misspellings (5)
`elas`, `ellsa`, `elssa`, `esla`, `lesa`

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