# das vs dem

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### das
*contraction · IPA /dɐs/ · frequency rank #35*
da preposição de com o artigo definido feminino plural as

### dem
*article · IPA /deːm/ · frequency rank #7,268*
o, ao, do, artigo definido masculino do caso dativo singular

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/das-vs-dem