# duff vs dunk

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### duff
*noun · IPA /dʌf/ · frequency rank #18,063*
Dough.

### dunk
*verb · IPA /dʌŋk/ · frequency rank #14,112*
To submerge briefly in a liquid.

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