# dad vs dare

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dad
*noun · IPA [dæd] · frequency rank #9,875*
Vater, Papa

### dare
*verb · IPA [deə(ɹ)] · frequency rank #44,517*
es wagen, zu (+Infinitiv); den Mut haben, zu (+Infinitiv)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/dad-vs-dare