# Pauken vs Paule

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pauken
*noun · IPA [ˈpaʊ̯kn̩] · frequency rank #32,700*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Pauke

### Paule
*name · IPA […] · frequency rank #47,642*
deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

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