# ESS vs esse

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### ESS
*abbrev · frequency rank #15,877*
Europäische Sicherheitsstrategie

### esse
*verb · IPA [ˈɛsə] · frequency rank #4,698*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs essen

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