# daddy vs Dade

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### daddy
*noun · IPA /ˈdæd.i/ · frequency rank #3,870*
Father.

### Dade
*name · IPA /deɪd/ · frequency rank #23,508*
A surname from Irish.

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