# pay vs pen

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### pay
*verb · IPA /peɪ/ · frequency rank #23,167*
Pagar.

### pen
*noun · IPA [pɛn] · frequency rank #11,644*
Pluma.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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