readingvsyorksTell them apart

Which to use

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

#20,379
“reading” frequency rank
#37,319
“yorks” frequency rank
57698
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reading yorks
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs read 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs york

Letter map: reading vs yorks

Shared letters muted; letters that set reading and yorks apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. reading runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against yorks's 5 (VVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
reading
5 ch
yorks

Corpus notes: reading and yorks

reading and yorks are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57698, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reading is recorded at frequency rank #20,379, classified as averb, pronounced […]. yorks is at rank #37,319, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 57698, this pair ranks #891,135 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reading vs yorks

Shared letters: r. Private to "reading": adegin. Private to "yorks": kosy.

"reading" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "yorks" · 5 letters · shape VVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • readingerading · raeding · readding · readign · readingg · readinng · readnig · reaidng
  • yorksoyrks · yokrs · yorkks · yorkss · yorrks · yorsk · yroks · yyorks

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reading" for "yorks" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "reading" or "yorks"?
"reading" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,379 in our German list, against #37,319 for "yorks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "reading" vs "yorks" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reading" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "yorks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #891,135 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reading" and "yorks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs yorks". 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 #891,135 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