# damn vs dem

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### damn
*verb · IPA /ˈdæm/ · frequency rank #845*
To condemn.

### dem
*pronoun · IPA /dɛm/ · frequency rank #8,533*
Nonstandard form of them.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damn-vs-dem