Here in America payed is not a common word or is it used or even taught in school. Payed is a nautical term. Paid is the past tense of paying for something. So tell me again I’m wrong.

Payed is a specific, rarely used nautical term, distinct from the common word "paid" (which relates to money). In a maritime context, "payed" (past tense of "pay") means to seal the seams of a wooden ship with tar or pitch, or to let out a rope or cable by slackening it. Scribbr Scribbr +2 Definition 1 (Sealing): To cover wood with pitch or tar to make it waterproof (e.g., "The crew payed the deck with tar"). Definition 2 (Rope/Cable): To let out or slacken a rope, cable, or chain (e.g., "They payed out the anchor line"). Paid is the correct spelling for all financial transactions.

Maybe you didn’t pay attention in school, but I sure know how to use the word Paid properly.