# past vs pis

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pis
*noun · IPA \pi\ · frequency rank #3,350*
Mamelle de bête laitière (vache, brebis, etc.).

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