# Dante vs dates

> 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.

### dates
*noun · IPA /deɪts/ · frequency rank #2,783*
plural of date

## Source
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