# paid vs their

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### their
*pronoun · IPA […] · frequency rank #11,131*
ihr

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