e vs ess

e

noun

  • The name of the Latin-script letter E/e. 

character

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

ess

noun

  • The name of the Latin-script letter S. 

  • Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses) 

verb

  • To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S. 

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