# reed vs reg

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### reg
*verb · IPA [ʁeːk] · frequency rank #8,613*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs regen

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