# Dade vs ded

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ded
*noun · frequency rank #39,281*
A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dade-vs-ded