# pains

> English word · Noun · IPA /peɪnz/ · frequency rank #9,077

## Definitions
1. plural of pain

## Easily confused with
- **Pan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pan)
- **pin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pin)
- **pas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pas)
- **pass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pass)
- **pair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pair)
- **pink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pink)
- **pays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pays)
- **piss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-piss)
- **pics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pics)
- **pine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pine)
- **pigs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pigs)
- **pins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pins)
- **ping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-ping)
- **pens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pens)
- **pits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pits)
- **pint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pint)
- **pies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pies)
- **pawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pawn)
- **pans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-pans)
- **paws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pains-vs-paws)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apins`, `painns`, `painss`, `paisn`, `panis`, `pians`, `ppains`

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