# read vs Riad

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Riad
*name · IPA [ʁiˈaːt] · frequency rank #40,174*
Hauptstadt von Saudi-Arabien

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