# Danes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /deɪnz/ · frequency rank #22,341

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Various origins:
* Patronymic or genitive form of Dane, a variant of Dean.
* Borrowed from Dutch Danes, a short form of the personal name Daniel.
* Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Daneš.

## Easily confused with
- **Des** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-des)
- **das** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-das)
- **does** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-does)
- **days** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-days)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-done)
- **date** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-date)
- **Dave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dave)
- **dies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dies)
- **dare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dare)
- **dang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dang)
- **dine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dine)
- **Dani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dani)
- **dues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dues)
- **Dans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dans)
- **dyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dyes)
- **dune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dune)
- **dank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dank)
- **Dons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dons)
- **daze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-daze)
- **dens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-dens)

## Common misspellings (7)
`adnes`, `daens`, `daness`, `dannes`, `danse`, `ddanes`, `dnaes`

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