# PACS vs past

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### PACS
*noun · IPA \paks\ · frequency rank #29,899*
Pacte civil de solidarité.

### past
*adjective · IPA \past\ · frequency rank #28,284*
Ancien.

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