# EJ vs er

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### EJ
*noun · frequency rank #30,016*
Initialism of electronic journalism.

### er
*intj · IPA /ɜː/ · frequency rank #4,756*
Said when hesitating in speech.

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