# dance vs dans

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dance
*verb · IPA [dɑːns] · frequency rank #6,780*
tanzen

### dans
*preposition · IPA [dɑ̃] · frequency rank #15,326*
in, nach, pro, zu, bei

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/dance-vs-dans