# ESP vs EU

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ESP
*abbrev · IPA [ʔeːʔɛsˈpeː] · frequency rank #29,567*
Elektronisches Stabilitätsprogramm

### 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/esp-vs-eu