# Pau vs pen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pau
*name · IPA […] · frequency rank #49,946*
Stadt in Südfrankreich

### pen
*noun · IPA [pɛn] · frequency rank #8,441*
der Füller, Schreibstift

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pau-vs-pen