# Dade vs Davy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Davy
*name · IPA /ˈdeɪvi/ · frequency rank #22,943*
A diminutive of the male given name David.

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