# dug vs DWP

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### DWP
*name · IPA /ˌdiːdʌbəljuːˈpiː/ · frequency rank #47,031*
Initialism of Department for Work and Pensions.

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