# Patient vs payment

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Patient
*noun · IPA [paˈt͡si̯ɛnt] · frequency rank #4,730*
kranke Person, die medizinisch behandelt oder betreut wird

### payment
*noun · IPA [ˈpeɪmənt] · frequency rank #38,942*
Bezahlung

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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