# det vs don

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### det
*determiner · IPA [d̥e] · frequency rank #16,121*
bestimmter Artikel Neutrum; der, die, das

### 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/det-vs-don