# paint vs pan

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### paint
*noun · IPA [peɪnt] · frequency rank #32,698*
Farbe, Anstrichfarbe, Lack, Anstrich

### pan
*noun · IPA [pæn] · frequency rank #10,913*
Pfanne, Kochgerät zum Braten

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