# dove vs dude

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dude
*verb · IPA [ˈd̪uð̞e] · frequency rank #11,957*
Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de dudar.

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