# energy vs essential

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### energy
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #8,353*
Fähigkeit Arbeit zu verrichten: Energie

### essential
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #48,864*
essenziell, wesentlich

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