# pays vs pets

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pays
*verb · IPA /peɪz/ · frequency rank #4,622*
third-person singular simple present indicative of pay

### pets
*noun · IPA /pɛts/ · frequency rank #6,280*
plural of pet

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