# Dane vs Daphne

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Dane
*noun · IPA /deɪn/ · frequency rank #15,597*
A person of Danish descent.

### Daphne
*name · IPA /ˈdæfni/ · frequency rank #20,603*
A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.

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