# dei vs des

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dei
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #7,028*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs deus

### des
*determiner · IPA [dɛs] · frequency rank #23*
[1] Genitiv Singular von der und das

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