# ell vs ellen

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### ell
*pronoun · IPA \ˈeʎ\ · frequency rank #49,057*
il

### ellen
*preposition · IPA \ɛ.llɛn\ · frequency rank #12,370*
Contre, en face de.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/ell-vs-ellen