# Ernste vs Este

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ernste
*noun · IPA [ˈɛʁnstə] · frequency rank #10,646*
Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Ernst

### Este
*noun · IPA [ˈeːstə] · frequency rank #32,023*
Staatsbürger von Estland

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