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“El” or “Ell”

el / ell are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

el EH·l

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

ell EH·l

  • nounan extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
Usage

Examples in context

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“el”

  • Former newscaster at KTVE-TV (El Dorado/Monroe) from 1979 to 1983.
  • …Segunda División B side CD El Ejido, for one year.
  • Hipódromo Camarero, formerly known as El Nuevo Comandante, is a horse…
  • Category:Elections in El Salvador
  • …at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California.
  • …to 2019–20 Primera División de El Salvador
  • El Manzano
  • …Luis Baltazar Ramírez) will be El Salvador's Segunda División de Fútbol
  • He acquired paintings by El Greco, Claude Monet, Rembrandt, and…
  • <Sánchez se imponen en el torneo nacional de ajedrez />

“ell”

  • Kelly's restoration began with the reconstruction…
  • …rear is a 1-1/2 story ell with a monitor roof, which…
  • …is a 2 1/2-story, brick dwelling with a 2-story rear ell…
  • The dwelling's central hall floor plan has…
  • …roof, Late Victorian style frame dwelling with a two-story, gable-roof rear
  • …minority students, English Language Learners (ELL) and students with Special Needs.
  • …was built in a perpendicular ell to the rest of the
  • …of the house, a -story ell, was built between about 1830…
  • …works, which appear listed in ELL, 4 (1998), 261-271.
  • A single-story ell extends to the rear.

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