# dead vs Deng

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dead
*adjective · IPA /dɛd/ · frequency rank #652*
No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)

### Deng
*name · IPA /dʌŋ/ · frequency rank #22,347*
A common surname from Chinese, sometimes romanised as Teng, notably borne by Chinese politician Deng Xiaoping.

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