# Pau vs PVC

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### PVC
*abbrev · IPA [peːfaʊ̯ˈt͡seː] · frequency rank #29,744*
der Kunststoff Polyvinylchlorid

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