# Dane vs die

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### die
*verb · IPA /daɪ/ · frequency rank #902*
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

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