# dem vs Ds

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dem
*determiner · IPA [deːm] · frequency rank #22*
[1] Dativ Singular des definiten Artikels der

### Ds
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #11,032*
chemisches Symbol für Darmstadtium

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