# rice vs shades

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### rice
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #23,680*
Reis

### shades
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #31,790*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shade

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