# der vs don

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### der
*determiner · IPA [deːɐ̯] · frequency rank #2*
definiter Artikel (bestimmtes Geschlechtswort)

### don
*noun · IPA [dɔ̃] · frequency rank #3,645*
Spende, Gabe

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