# est

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɛst/ · frequency rank #5,962

## Definitions
1. Grace; favour.

## Etymology
From Middle English este, from Old English ēst (“will, consent, favour”), from Proto-West Germanic *ansti, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (“favour, affection”), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (“to notice; face, mouth”) or from *h₃neh₂- (“to bestow, offer, help; to enjoy”).
Cognate with Icelandic ást (“affection, love”), Dutch gunst (“favour, grace, courtesy, privilege”), German Gunst (“favour, goodwill, boon”), Danish yndest (“favour”), Swedish ynnest (“favour, indulgence, grace”).

## Easily confused with
- **ex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-ex)
- **et** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-et)
- **EU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-eu)
- **EV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-ev)
- **ew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-ew)
- **ey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-ey)
- **ez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-ez)
- **eye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-eye)
- **eve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-eve)
- **EVA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-eva)
- **eta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-eta)
- **eth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-eth)
- **evo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-evo)
- **ETF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-etf)
- **ETS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-ets)
- **eww** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-eww)
- **exe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-exe)
- **ewe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-ewe)
- **exit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-exit)
- **Etta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/est-vs-etta)

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