# east vs esst

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### east
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #10,842*
Ost(en) (Himmelsrichtung)

### esst
*verb · IPA [ɛst] · frequency rank #29,114*
2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs essen

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