# prepaid vs reference

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### prepaid
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #23,270*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs prepay

### reference
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #36,581*
auf etwas verweisen

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