# xe vs ze

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### xe
*pronoun · IPA /ziː/ · frequency rank #40,524*
they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

### ze
*article · IPA /ziː/ · frequency rank #27,038*
Nonstandard spelling of the, usually signifying a foreign accent, often French or German.

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