# DDT vs DP

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### DP
*noun · frequency rank #14,746*
Initialism of data processing.

## Source
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