# pays vs pods

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pods
*noun · IPA /pɒdz/ · frequency rank #16,093*
plural of pod

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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