# pays vs PPS

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### PPS
*noun · frequency rank #33,799*
Initialism of polyphenylene sulfide.

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