# dear vs deg

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dear
*adjective · IPA [diɹ] · frequency rank #30,506*
lieb, teuer, süß, entzückend, reizend, herzig

### deg
*verb · IPA [dɛk] · frequency rank #33,522*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs degt

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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