# Rade vs read

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Rade
*noun · IPA [ˈʁaːdə] · frequency rank #43,432*
wilde Ackerpflanze

### read
*verb · IPA [ɹiːd] · frequency rank #9,794*
lesen

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