# Reade

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,412

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Spelling variant of Reid

## Easily confused with
- **red** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-red)
- **ree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-ree)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-real)
- **road** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-road)
- **ride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-ride)
- **rear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-rear)
- **rude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-rude)
- **reed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-reed)
- **Reid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-reid)
- **Reds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-reds)
- **rode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-rode)
- **reap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-reap)
- **Rene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-rene)
- **redo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-redo)
- **redd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-redd)
- **Ryde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-ryde)
- **ready** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-ready)
- **roads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-roads)
- **reads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-reads)
- **realm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reade-vs-realm)

## Common misspellings (6)
`erade`, `raede`, `readde`, `reaed`, `redae`, `rreade`

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