# dealt vs DeKalb

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### DeKalb
*name · frequency rank #36,952*
Ellipsis of DeKalb County.

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