# pell

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɛl/ · frequency rank #25,524

## Definitions
1. A fur or hide.
2. A lined cloak or its lining.
3. A roll of parchment; a record kept on parchment.
4. A body of water somewhere between a pond and a lake in size.
5. An upright post, often padded and covered in hide, used to practice strikes with bladed weapons such as swords or glaives.

## Etymology
From Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”), from Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-. Distantly related to fell and film.

## Easily confused with
- **PL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pl)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-per)
- **pet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pet)
- **pen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pen)
- **ppl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-ppl)
- **PLC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-plc)
- **pep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pep)
- **pol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pol)
- **pew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pew)
- **PLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pla)
- **ply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-ply)
- **pes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pes)
- **Pil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pil)
- **PSL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-psl)
- **pull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pull)
- **pool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pool)
- **Phil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-phil)
- **poll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-poll)
- **pole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pole)
- **pile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pell-vs-pile)

## Common misspellings (3)
`epll`, `plel`, `ppell`

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