# dudes vs dunks

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### dudes
*noun · IPA /duːdz/ · frequency rank #7,680*
plural of dude

### dunks
*noun · IPA /dʌŋks/ · frequency rank #36,968*
plural of dunk

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