# pain

> German word · Noun · IPA [peɪn] · frequency rank #23,652

## Definitions
1. Schmerz
2. Leid, Kummer, seelischer Schmerz
3. lästige Person
4. (veraltet) Strafe
5. Anstrengung, Mühe

## Easily confused with
- **pi** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pi)
- **pen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pen)
- **par** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-par)
- **pay** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pay)
- **pas** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pas)
- **pan** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pan)
- **PIN** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pin)
- **Pia** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pia)
- **pic** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pic)
- **pal** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pal)
- **pie** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pie)
- **Pax** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pax)
- **pak** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pak)
- **Psi** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-psi)
- **Pis** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pis)
- **Pik** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pik)
- **Phi** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-phi)
- **pig** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pig)
- **Pau** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-pau)
- **Plan** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/pain-vs-plan)

## Common misspellings (5)
`apin`, `painn`, `pani`, `pian`, `ppain`

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