# redd

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɛd/ · frequency rank #39,990

## Definitions
1. To free from entanglement.
2. To free from embarrassment.
3. To fix boundaries.
4. To comb hair.
5. To separate combatants.
6. To settle, usually a quarrel.
7. To tidy up, clear away.

## Etymology
Fusion of Middle English redden (“to save, rescue, deliver, rid, free, clear”), from Old English hreddan (“to save, deliver, recover, rescue”), from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną and Middle English reden (“to clean up, clear”), from Old English ġerǣdan (“to put in order, arrange, prepare”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to arrange”). More at rid, ready.

## Easily confused with
- **rid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rid)
- **rep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rep)
- **rod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rod)
- **rev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rev)
- **ref** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-ref)
- **rex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rex)
- **res** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-res)
- **Rey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rey)
- **reg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-reg)
- **ren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-ren)
- **REM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rem)
- **ret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-ret)
- **rei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rei)
- **rel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rel)
- **ree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-ree)
- **RTD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rtd)
- **reo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-reo)
- **rez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rez)
- **road** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-road)
- **rest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/redd-vs-rest)

## Common misspellings (3)
`erdd`, `rded`, `rredd`

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