# past vs payot

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### payot
*noun · IPA \pa.jo\ · frequency rank #32,519*
Gadjo, non-gitan.

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