# Päpste vs past

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Päpste
*noun · IPA [ˈpɛːpstə] · frequency rank #34,871*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Papst

### past
*noun · IPA [pɑːst] · frequency rank #23,262*
Vergangenheit, Vorleben

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