# reading vs wanted

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### reading
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #20,379*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs read

### wanted
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #27,131*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs want

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