E vs R

E

character
  • The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script. 

name
  • A surname from Chinese. 

  • A state in ancient China of varying location in present-day Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei. 

  • Its capital, also known as Echeng and Ezhou. 

  • A Tai-Chinese mixed language spoken primarily in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi, China; Kjang E. 

  • A river in Highland council area, Scotland. 

symbol
  • East. 

noun
  • The drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form. 

  • The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade. 

  • The hormone estrogen/estradiol. (Contrast T, testosterone.) 

R

character
  • The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. 

name
  • In the context of the documentary hypothesis, the Redactor(s) who compiled and edited the Torah. 

adj
  • right (as opposed to left) 

  • reverse 

  • restricted 

noun
  • rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”); the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name 

  • the Crown, the government of a monarchy (abbreviating rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”)) 

  • rook 

  • Thursday 

  • Republican 

  • ring 

  • runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player 

  • radius 

How often have the words E and R occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )