# dem vs der

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### der
*verb · IPA /dɛɾ/, /dɛ/ · frequency rank #1,567*
primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo dar

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