Which to use
“ele” is a noun and “elles” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,239
- “ele” frequency rank
- #176
- “elles” frequency rank
- 40415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ele | elles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Parole, discours, propos. | Pronom clitique de la troisième personne du pluriel féminin sujet, pour parler d’un groupe de femmes, d’animaux ou de choses grammaticalement féminines. |
Letter map: ele vs elles
Shared letters muted; letters that set ele and elles apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. ele runs 3 letters (VCV) against elles's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - ele and elles
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ele is anoun and ellesapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ele is recorded at frequency rank #40,239, classified as anoun. elles is at rank #176, tagged as apron, pronounced \ɛl\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 40415, this pair ranks #240,687 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ele vs elles
Shared letters: el. Private to "ele": -. Private to "elles": s.
"ele" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "elles" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- elles ← elels · eles · elless · ellse · leles
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ele" and "elles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ele" vs "elles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "ele" and "elles". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ele" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "elles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,687 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ele" and "elles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ele vs EPO". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #240,687 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.