# paid vs path

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### paid
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #44,122*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs pay

### path
*noun · IPA [pɑːθ] · frequency rank #30,231*
Fußweg, Pfad, Weg

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