# dap vs do

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dap
*noun · IPA /dæp/ · frequency rank #38,352*
A plimsoll.

### do
*verb · IPA /də/ · frequency rank #50*
A syntactic marker.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dap-vs-do