Which to use
“pah” is an intj and “paid” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,274
- “pah” frequency rank
- #44,122
- “paid” frequency rank
- 73396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pah | paid |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ausdruck für Geringschätzung oder Verachtung | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs pay |
Letter map: pah vs paid
Shared letters muted; letters that set pah and paid apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. pah runs 3 letters (CVC) against paid's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for pah / paid
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pah is anintj and paidaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pah is recorded at frequency rank #29,274, classified as anintj, pronounced [paː]. paid is at rank #44,122, tagged as averb, 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 73396, this pair ranks #361,548 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pah vs paid
Shared letters: ap. Private to "pah": h. Private to "paid": di.
"pah" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "paid" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- paid ← apid · padi · paidd · ppaid
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pah" and "paid" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pah" vs "paid" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pah" and "paid".
- Full dictionary entry for "pah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "paid" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,548 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pah" and "paid" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paid vs puzzles". 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 #361,548 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.