# DDT vs de

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### DDT
*noun · frequency rank #32,758*
Abbreviation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, compound originally developed as an insecticide.

### de
*noun · IPA /ˈdɛ/ · frequency rank #582*
The name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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