# pan vs per

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### per
*preposition · IPA [pɛʁ] · frequency rank #673*
mittels

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