# Elsie

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,744

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

## Etymology
From a Scottish diminutive of Alison/Alice and Elspeth/Elizabeth.

## Easily confused with
- **ese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsie-vs-ese)
- **Evie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsie-vs-evie)
- **esse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsie-vs-esse)
- **Esme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsie-vs-esme)
- **Elvis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsie-vs-elvis)
- **ERNIE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsie-vs-ernie)
- **ensue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsie-vs-ensue)
- **elude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsie-vs-elude)
- **elusive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsie-vs-elusive)
- **Eli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eli-vs-elsie)
- **els** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/els-vs-elsie)
- **ele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ele-vs-elsie)
- **else** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/else-vs-elsie)
- **ease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ease-vs-elsie)
- **Elsa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elsa-vs-elsie)
- **Edie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edie-vs-elsie)
- **Elie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elie-vs-elsie)
- **elite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elite-vs-elsie)
- **Eddie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eddie-vs-elsie)
- **Ellis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ellis-vs-elsie)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ellsie`, `elsei`, `elssie`, `eslie`, `lesie`

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