# Dakota vs data

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Dakota
*name · IPA /dəˈkəʊtə/ · frequency rank #6,124*
The Santee branch of the Sioux people.

### data
*noun · IPA /ˈdɑː.tə/ · frequency rank #455*
plural of datum

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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