# dove vs down

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### dove
*noun · IPA [dʌv] · frequency rank #40,480*
Exemplar der Tauben, Columbidae

### down
*adjective · IPA [daʊ̯n] · frequency rank #4,973*
deprimiert bis depressiv

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