# dire vs dove

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dove
*noun · IPA /dʌv/ · frequency rank #41,875*
Paloma.

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