# d vs dy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### d
*character · IPA /diː/ · frequency rank #327*
The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

### dy
*verb · frequency rank #29,635*
Obsolete form of die.

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