# de vs die

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### die
*verb · IPA /daɪ/ · frequency rank #902*
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

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