# dear vs DNA

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### DNA
*noun · IPA [ˌdeːʔɛnˈʔaː] · frequency rank #5,817*
Desoxyribonukleinsäure, DNS

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