# read

> German word · Verb · IPA [ɹiːd] · frequency rank #9,794

## Definitions
1. lesen
2. vorlesen
3. Vorlesungen hören
4. hören und verstehen
5. erfassen, messen und zeigen

## Easily confused with
- **red** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-red)
- **reg** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-reg)
- **REX** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-rex)
- **res** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-res)
- **Ren** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-ren)
- **Reh** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-reh)
- **rey** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-rey)
- **rem** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-rem)
- **Ria** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-ria)
- **RNA** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-rna)
- **RSA** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-rsa)
- **rund** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-rund)
- **rein** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-rein)
- **Rede** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-rede)
- **Rest** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-rest)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-real)
- **Reis** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-reis)
- **regt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-regt)
- **road** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-road)
- **Reif** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/read-vs-reif)

## Common misspellings (5)
`erad`, `raed`, `readd`, `reda`, `rread`

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