Which to use
“ES” is a name and “exes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,919
- “ES” frequency rank
- #26,415
- “exes” frequency rank
- 34334
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ES | exes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Initialism of Espírito Santo: a state of Brazil. | plural of ex |
Letter map: ES vs exes
Shared letters muted; letters that set ES and exes apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - ES and exes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ES is aname and exesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ES” sits inside “exes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34334, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ES is recorded at frequency rank #7,919, classified as aname. exes is at rank #26,415, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛksəz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34334, this pair ranks #321,735 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ES vs exes
Shared letters: es. Private to "ES": -. Private to "exes": x.
"ES" · 2 letters · shape VC · "exes" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exes ← eexs · exess · exse · exxes · xees
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ES" and "exes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "ES" or "exes" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ES" and "exes".
- Full dictionary entry for "ES" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,735 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ES" and "exes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exes vs exon". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #321,735 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.