elle

/[ˈeʝe]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,767

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

2

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

elle is aSpanishnoun. It means: Nombre del dígrafo ll. Pronounced [ˈeʝe]. Often confused with ese and Eve.

Key facts for elle
PropertyValue
Headwordelle
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈeʝe]
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,767
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of elle in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for elle is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeʝe]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,767 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre del dígrafo ll.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 2 documented wrong-spelling variants for elle, including "elel" and "lele". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ese", "Eve", "eye", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is elle, spelled E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre del dígrafo ll.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elel,lele

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for elle

Misspelling Variants of "elle"

elel4lele4
Misspelling Variants of "elle"

Frequency rank: #23,767 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "elle"?
"elle" is spelled E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeʝe].
What does "elle" mean?
As a noun, "elle" means: Nombre del dígrafo ll.
What words are commonly confused with "elle"?
"elle" is commonly confused with "ese", "Eve", "eye". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "elle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "elle" is [ˈeʝe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "elle" come from?
"elle" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.