# ESS vs EU

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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/ess-vs-eu