# reed vs Rees

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### reed
*noun · IPA [riːd] · frequency rank #18,037*
bestimmtes Gras; Schilf

### Rees
*name · IPA [ʁeːs] · frequency rank #40,787*
eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

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