# paid vs Pein

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Pein
*noun · IPA [paɪ̯n] · frequency rank #47,643*
Schmerz, Qual

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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