# dire vs dirty

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### dire
*noun · IPA [ˈd̪iɾe] · frequency rank #17,412*
Director.

### dirty
*adjective · IPA /ˈdɜː.ti/ · frequency rank #44,126*
Sucio

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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