# des vs dust

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dust
*noun · IPA [dʌst] · frequency rank #45,871*
Staub

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