# PDS vs pen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

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

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