# ESM vs EU

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### EU
*noun · IPA [eːˈʔuː] · frequency rank #441*
Europäische Union

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