# pain vs par

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### pain
*noun · IPA [peɪn] · frequency rank #23,652*
Schmerz

### par
*preposition · IPA [paʁ] · frequency rank #10,336*
à, je, zu, durch, kraft, mit, mittelst, vermittels, per; hindurch^(???), quer mitten^(???)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-par