eachvsECHRWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: each is a determiner, ECHR is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“each” is a determiner and “ECHR” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#191
“each” frequency rank
#49,889
“ECHR” frequency rank
50080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature each ECHR
Definition All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every). Initialism of European Court of Human Rights.

Letter map: each vs ECHR

Shared letters muted; letters that set each and ECHR apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
each
4 ch
ECHR

Role in the sentence - each and ECHR

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: each is adeterminer and ECHRaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

each is recorded at frequency rank #191, classified as adet, pronounced /iːt͡ʃ/. ECHR is at rank #49,889, tagged as aname.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 50080, this pair ranks #177,547 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of each vs ECHR

Shared letters: ceh. Private to "each": a. Private to "ECHR": r.

"each" · 4 letters · shape VVCC  ·  "ECHR" · 4 letters · shape VCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eachaech · eacch · eachh · eahc · ecah
  • ECHRecchr · echhr · echrr · ecrh · ehcr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "each" and "ECHR" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "each" is a determiner and "ECHR" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "each" or "ECHR" show up more?
"each" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #191 in our English list, against #49,889 for "ECHR". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "each" and "ECHR".

  • Full dictionary entry for "each" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ECHR" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #177,547 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "each" and "ECHR" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ECHR vs Eph". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #177,547 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list