# ES vs Esau

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Esau
*name · IPA /ˈiːsɔː/ · frequency rank #48,729*
The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.

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