# Dates vs Dauer

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Dauer
*noun · IPA [ˈdaʊ̯ɐ] · frequency rank #2,238*
zeitliche Erstreckung von etwas

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