# past vs pau

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### past
*adjective · IPA /pɑːst/ · frequency rank #38,289*
Pasado, que ocurrió en el pasado.

### pau
*noun · IPA [ˈpaw] · frequency rank #13,972*
Paz.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/past-vs-pau