# dishes vs dives

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dishes
*noun · IPA /ˈdɪʃɪz/ · frequency rank #5,783*
plural of dish

### dives
*noun · IPA /ˈdaɪvz/ · frequency rank #19,580*
plural of dive

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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