# day vs der

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### day
*noun · IPA [deɪ] · frequency rank #3,718*
der Tag

### der
*determiner · IPA [deːɐ̯] · frequency rank #2*
definiter Artikel (bestimmtes Geschlechtswort)

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