# eat vs Ei

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### eat
*verb · IPA [iːt] · frequency rank #25,099*
essen

### Ei
*noun · IPA [aɪ̯] · frequency rank #3,110*
eine Keimzelle

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