# did vs DOC

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### did
*verb · IPA [dɪd] · frequency rank #17,854*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs do

### DOC
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #5,818*
Denominazione d'Origine Controllata – kontrollierte Herkunftsbezeichnung

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