# er vs eta

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### eta
*noun · IPA /ˈiːtə/ · frequency rank #17,836*
The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.

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