# palm vs pape

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### palm
*noun · IPA [pɑːm] · frequency rank #18,649*
innere Fläche der Hand, zwischen Handwurzel und Fingern; Mittelhand, Handfläche

### pape
*noun · IPA [pap] · frequency rank #32,202*
Papst

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