ele
Spanish, noun
ele is spelled E-L-E (3 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,265th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ele is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “The name of the Latin script letter L/l” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, ELE is a different word: “Initialism of español como lengua extranjera (“Spanish as a second…”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nombre de la letra L (duodécima letra del alfabeto)”.
What does ele mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineThe name of the Latin script letter L/l.
noun
- 1
masculineInitialism of español como lengua extranjera (“Spanish as a second language”)
suffix
- 1
third-person singular imperative of -ar combined with le
- 2
second-person singular imperative combined with le
- 3
second-person singular voseo imperative combined with le
- 4
second-person singular imperative of -ir combined with le
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nombre de la letra L (duodécima letra del alfabeto).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ele
- eles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ele
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ele in Spanish?
ele appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).