# ef vs ES

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ef
*noun · IPA /ˈɛf/ · frequency rank #20,103*
The name of the Latin script letter F/f.

### ES
*name · frequency rank #7,919*
Initialism of Espírito Santo: a state of Brazil.

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