# darn vs dat

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### darn
*adjective · IPA /dɑɹn/ · frequency rank #12,750*
Damn.

### dat
*determiner · IPA /dæt/ · frequency rank #13,898*
Pronunciation spelling of that.

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