# pains vs pas

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pains
*noun · IPA /peɪnz/ · frequency rank #9,077*
plural of pain

### pas
*noun · IPA /pɑː/ · frequency rank #13,210*
The right of going foremost; precedence.

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