# dec vs did

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dec
*abbrev · frequency rank #40,469*
Abkürzung für den Monat december; Dezember

### did
*verb · IPA [dɪd] · frequency rank #17,854*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs do

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