# EEC vs EU

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### EEC
*name · frequency rank #41,606*
Initialism of European Economic Community, forerunner of the European Community (EC) and the European Union (EU).

### EU
*name · IPA /ˌiː ˈjuː/ · frequency rank #2,389*
Initialism of European Union.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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