# douse vs dude

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### douse
*verb · IPA /daʊs/ · frequency rank #47,588*
To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.

### dude
*noun · IPA /duːd/ · frequency rank #1,630*
A man, generally a younger man.

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