paid vs Pik, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“paid” is a verb and “Pik” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,122
“paid” frequency rank: #42,047
“Pik” frequency rank: 86169
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	paid	Pik
Definition	Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs pay	Farbe im französischen Kartenblatt mit einem schwarzen Lindenblatt als Symbol

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set paid and Pik apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

paid

3 ch

Pik

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: paid is averb and Pikanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

paid is recorded at frequency rank #44,122, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Pik is at rank #42,047, tagged as anoun, pronounced [piːk].

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 86169, this pair ranks #97,674 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of paid vs Pik

Shared letters: ip. Private to "paid": ad. Private to "Pik": k.

"paid" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Pik" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

paid ← apid · padi · paidd · ppaid

Frequency comparison

paid#44,122

Pik#42,047

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "paid" and "Pik" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "paid" is a verb and "Pik" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "paid" or "Pik"?

"Pik" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,047 in our German list, against #44,122 for "paid". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering paid vs Pik

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “paid”; for a noun, it's “Pik”.
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