# dead vs dess

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dead
*noun · IPA [dɛd] · frequency rank #7,587*
der Tote, die Toten, die Tote

### dess
*unknown · IPA [ˈdɛ̝sː] · frequency rank #48,817*
3. Person Utrum Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens den

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