# DAT vs Dates

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### DAT
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #6,524*
Abkürzung für „digital audio tape“ (Digitales Audio Tonband)

### Dates
*noun · IPA [deɪt͡s] · frequency rank #13,798*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Date

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