# rag vs red

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### rag
*verb · IPA [ʁaːk] · frequency rank #37,740*
2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs ragen

### red
*verb · IPA [ʁeːt] · frequency rank #1,935*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs reden

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