reed and reid are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. reed means “tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites”. reid means “Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)”.
/ˈɹid/
1.n.tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
2.n.United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
3.n.United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
/ˈɹid/
| reed | reid | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹid/ | /ˈɹid/ |
| Said | reed | reed |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 4 | 4 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun |
| Senses | 5 | 1 |
| How common | Common | Common |
| Synonyms | none recorded | Thomas Reid |
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1.n.Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)