# dob vs dove

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dob
*verb · IPA /dɑb/ · frequency rank #44,170*
To report a person to someone in authority for a wrongdoing. (For transitive forms see dob in, dob on.)

### dove
*noun · IPA /dʌv/ · frequency rank #11,687*
A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
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