# dales vs Davies

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dales
*noun · IPA /deɪlz/ · frequency rank #36,098*
plural of dale

### Davies
*name · IPA /ˈdeɪvɪs/ · frequency rank #7,905*
A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David.

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