# daft vs dame

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### daft
*adjective · IPA /dɑːft/ · frequency rank #16,207*
Foolish, silly, stupid.

### dame
*noun · IPA /deɪm/ · frequency rank #7,551*
Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.

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