# pave

> English word · Verb · IPA /peɪv/ · frequency rank #22,172

## Definitions
1. To cover something with paving slabs.
2. To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
3. To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.

## Etymology
From Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”).

## Easily confused with
- **PE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pe)
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pv)
- **pay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pay)
- **pie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pie)
- **pee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pee)
- **Poe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-poe)
- **paw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-paw)
- **pax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pax)
- **POV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pov)
- **PVC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pvc)
- **Paz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-paz)
- **PvP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pvp)
- **PPE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-ppe)
- **pye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pye)
- **pure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pure)
- **pope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pope)
- **pays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pays)
- **pipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pipe)
- **pole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pole)
- **pile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-pile)

## Common misspellings (5)
`apve`, `paev`, `pavve`, `ppave`, `pvae`

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