# dust vs duty

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### duty
*noun · IPA [ˈdjuːti] · frequency rank #21,948*
die moralische oder gesetzliche Pflicht

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