The word real has many different meanings:

• Real, the currency of Brazil.
• Real, something that exists, is neither virtual, nor a model nor a forgery.
• Real numbers, a type of numbers in mathematics (also opposed to imaginary numbers).
• Real numbers (as opposed to nominal numbers), a term in economics.
• Real is a bicycle manufacturer.
• RealNetworks is an Internet media provider.
• Real estate is a property.
• Real is the name of 4 Freguesias in Portugal.
• Real is a Lacanian aspect of human psychic structure.
• REAL is the name of an album by the Japanese rock band L'Arc~en~Ciel.
• Real, Quezon is a municipality in the Philippines.

IMPORTANT: When the word "real" is used as a synonym for either truth or reality, it should be linked to one of these two specific articles (e.g.: "The real world.").