# Danes vs dank

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Danes
*name · IPA /deɪnz/ · frequency rank #22,341*
A surname.

### dank
*adjective · IPA /ˈdæŋk/ · frequency rank #20,602*
Dark, damp and humid.

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