# dare vs dark

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dark
*noun · IPA [daːk] · frequency rank #6,646*
die Tageszeit mit Dunkelheit, Finsternis

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