# ewe vs u

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ewe
*noun · IPA /juː/ · frequency rank #37,448*
A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

### u
*character · IPA /ˈjuː/ · frequency rank #819*
The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.

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