# Edo vs em

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Edo
*name · IPA /ˈɛdəʊ/ · frequency rank #22,067*
Former name of Tokyo: the capital city of Japan

### em
*noun · IPA /ˈɛm/ · frequency rank #2,623*
The name of the Latin script letter M/m.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edo-vs-em