ecovsesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: eco is a noun, es is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“eco” is a noun and “es” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,222
“eco” frequency rank
#13
“es” frequency rank
20235
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eco es
Definition das Echo, der Widerhall ersetzt eine zuvor benutzte Nominalphrase im Neutrum (Person, Tier, Sache oder Abstraktum)

Letter map: eco vs es

Shared letters muted; letters that set eco and es apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
eco
2 ch
es

Part-of-speech tell for eco / es

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eco is anoun and esapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eco is recorded at frequency rank #20,222, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. es is at rank #13, tagged as apron, pronounced [ɛs].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 20235, this pair ranks #1,899,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of eco vs es

Shared letters: e. Private to "eco": co. Private to "es": s.

"eco" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "es" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "eco" for "es" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eco" is a noun and "es" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "eco" vs "es" - which ranks higher?
"es" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13 in our German list, against #20,222 for "eco". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "eco" vs "es" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "es" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,899,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eco" and "es" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eco vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,899,875 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list