# dad vs dec

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dec
*abbrev · frequency rank #40,469*
Abkürzung für den Monat december; Dezember

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/dad-vs-dec