# paie vs punie

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### paie
*noun · IPA \pɛ\ · frequency rank #3,345*
Action de payer.

### punie
*adjective · IPA \py.ni\ · frequency rank #20,251*
Féminin singulier de puni.

## Source
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