# ese vs Esme

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ese
*noun · IPA /ˈɛˌseɪ/ · frequency rank #34,478*
dude, man. (Usually used vocatively).

### Esme
*name · frequency rank #47,609*
A unisex given name from French.

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