# dah vs de

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dah
*noun · IPA /dɑː/ · frequency rank #24,721*
The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.

### de
*noun · IPA /ˈdɛ/ · frequency rank #582*
The name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.

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