# eat vs en

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/eat-vs-en