# E vs en

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### E
*character · IPA [ʔeː] · frequency rank #271*
fünfter Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets

### en
*num · IPA [eːˀn] · frequency rank #1,179*
eins

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