# Dante vs Danube

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Dante
*name · IPA /ˈdænti/ · frequency rank #12,749*
A male given name from Italian, presumably in honor of the poet Dante Alighieri.

### Danube
*name · IPA /ˈdænjuːb/ · frequency rank #24,135*
A river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.

## Source
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