read
[ɹiːd]
The verdict
“read” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,794. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,794
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lesen
Corpus desk
Index DE-read · read · German
read · rank #9,794 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,794
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Quadratmeter
Nearest frequency peer: Quadratmeter (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „read“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- professione…
professionellen
90,210 corpus weight
- Pädagogik
Pädagogik
90,209 corpus weight
- Quadratmeter
Quadratmeter
90,208 corpus weight
- read
read
90,207 corpus weight
- Referendum
Referendum
90,206 corpus weight
- reinigen
reinigen
90,205 corpus weight
What this shows „read“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | read |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɹiːd] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „read“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around read (IPA [ɹiːd]), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,794 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for read, with forms such as "erad", "raed", and "readd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "red", "reg", "REX", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is read, spelled R-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1lesen
- 2vorlesen
- 3Vorlesungen hören
- 4hören und verstehen
- 5erfassen, messen und zeigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how read appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I will read this book.
I can read and read out loud, so that I can read you this book.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erad
- raed
- readd
- reda
- rread
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of read - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "read", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).