# de vs du

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### de
*preposition · IPA [d̪e] · frequency rank #1*
Indica pertenencia.

### du
*pronoun · IPA [duː] · frequency rank #5,609*
Tú (pronombre de segunda persona singular familiar o informal)

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