# Dödel vs does

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Dödel
*noun · IPA [ˈdøːdl̩] · frequency rank #45,228*
wenig intelligenter, einfältiger Mensch

### does
*verb · IPA [dʌz] · frequency rank #24,299*
3. Person Indikativ Singular Präsens Aktiv des Verbs do

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