# Payne

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /peɪn/ · frequency rank #10,588

## Definitions
1. An English surname, variant of Paine.
2. A neighbourhood of Macon, formerly a city, in Bibb County, Georgia, United States.
3. A village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States.

## Easily confused with
- **pye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payne-vs-pye)
- **pays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payne-vs-pays)
- **pine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payne-vs-pine)
- **Pune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payne-vs-pune)
- **pyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payne-vs-pyre)
- **Pyke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payne-vs-pyke)
- **phone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payne-vs-phone)
- **plane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payne-vs-plane)
- **prone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payne-vs-prone)
- **prune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/payne-vs-prune)
- **pay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pay-vs-payne)
- **Pan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pan-vs-payne)
- **page** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/page-vs-payne)
- **pain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pain-vs-payne)
- **pace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pace-vs-payne)
- **pale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pale-vs-payne)
- **pawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pawn-vs-payne)
- **pans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pans-vs-payne)
- **pave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pave-vs-payne)
- **pant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pant-vs-payne)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apyne`, `panye`, `payen`, `paynne`, `payyne`, `ppayne`, `pyane`

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