# Dates vs dave

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dave
*noun · IPA [ˈdavɛ] · frequency rank #9,876*
Vokativ Singular des Substantivs dav

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