RadesvsRedeTell them apart

Which to use

“Rades” and “Rede” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,184
“Rades” frequency rank
#868
“Rede” frequency rank
50052
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rades Rede
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Rad Ansprache, Vortrag vor anderen Personen

Where the eye mixes Rades and Rede

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Rades
4 ch
Rede

Look-alike desk: Rades vs Rede

A purely visual mix-up. Rades ([ˈʁaːdəs]) and Rede ([ˈʁeːdə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rades is recorded at frequency rank #49,184, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁaːdəs]. Rede is at rank #868, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁeːdə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 50052, this pair ranks #1,188,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Rades vs Rede

Shared letters: der. Private to "Rades": as. Private to "Rede": -.

"Rades" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Rede" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Radesardes · raddes · radess · radse · raeds · rdaes · rrades
  • Rederdee · redde · rrede

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Rades" and "Rede" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈʁaːdəs] versus [ˈʁeːdə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Rades" or "Rede" show up more?
"Rede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #868 in our German list, against #49,184 for "Rades". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Rades" and "Rede" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Rede" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,188,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rades" and "Rede" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rades vs Ramen". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,188,425 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list