# pays vs PDS

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### pays
*noun · IPA [peɪz] · frequency rank #41,381*
Plural des Substantivs pay

### PDS
*abbrev · IPA [peːdeːˈʔɛs] · frequency rank #21,727*
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pays-vs-pds