# esse vs ewe

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ewe
*noun · IPA [juː] · frequency rank #34,085*
Ramme, weibliches Schaf, Mutterschaf

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