# duck vs dude

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### duck
*verb · IPA /dʌk/ · frequency rank #5,031*
To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

### 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/duck-vs-dude