padre vs paste, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“padre” and “paste” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,370
“padre” frequency rank: #24,065
“paste” frequency rank: 72435
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	padre	paste
Definition	der Vater	Paste

Letter map: padre vs paste

Shared letters muted; letters that set padre and paste apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

padre

5 ch

paste

Spelling & dictionary notes on padre vs paste

padre and paste are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

padre is recorded at frequency rank #48,370, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaːdrɛ]. paste is at rank #24,065, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 72435, this pair ranks #388,438 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of padre vs paste

Shared letters: aep. Private to "padre": dr. Private to "paste": st.

"padre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "paste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

padre ← apdre · paddre · pader · padrre · parde · pdare · ppadre
paste ← apste · paset · pastte · patse · ppaste · psate

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "padre" for "paste" ever safe?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "padre" vs "paste" - which ranks higher?

"paste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,065 in our German list, against #48,370 for "padre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "padre" and "paste".

Full dictionary entry for "padre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "paste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #388,438 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"padre" and "paste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Paddel vs padre". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #388,438 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.