# Dates vs Dativ

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Dativ
*noun · IPA [ˈdaːtiːf] · frequency rank #27,674*
Wem-Fall, (im Deutschen und Lateinischen) 3. Fall (Kasus)

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