# Dade vs dared

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dared
*verb · IPA /dɛəd/ · frequency rank #14,504*
simple past and past participle of dare

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