# ESM vs eth

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ESM
*abbrev · IPA [eːʔɛsˈʔɛm] · frequency rank #39,921*
Europäischer Stabilitätsmechanismus

### eth
*determiner · IPA […] · frequency rank #19,205*
der

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