# Paula vs Pause

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Paula
*name · IPA [ˈpaʊ̯la] · frequency rank #9,069*
weiblicher Vorname

### Pause
*noun · IPA [ˈpaʊ̯zə] · frequency rank #1,984*
Unterbrechung einer Tätigkeit

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