elles
[ɛl]
The verdict
“elles” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,103 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,103
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ellas
Corpus desk
Index ES-elles · elles · Spanish
elles · rank #79,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,103
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH Elina
Nearest frequency peer: Elina (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “elles”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- elegirían
elegirían
20,901 corpus weight
- elegirías
elegirías
20,900 corpus weight
- Elina
Elina
20,899 corpus weight
- elles
elles
20,898 corpus weight
- emancipador
emancipador
20,897 corpus weight
- embarazan
embarazan
20,896 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “elles” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elles |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ɛl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “elles” en español
Rare enough to double-check
elles is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,103 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [ɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ellas".
elles has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is elles, spelled E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ellas
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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