# dealt vs dearth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dealt
*verb · IPA /ˈdɛlt/ · frequency rank #5,115*
simple past and past participle of deal

### dearth
*noun · IPA /dɜːθ/ · frequency rank #31,948*
A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.

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