# dark vs darum

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### darum
*adverb · IPA [ˈdaːʁʊm] · frequency rank #539*
aus d(ies)em Grund

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