# DSM vs dug

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### DSM
*name · frequency rank #24,148*
Initialism of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders.

### dug
*verb · IPA /dʌɡ/ · frequency rank #8,784*
simple past and past participle of dig (replacing earlier digged)

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