Which to use
“Jade” is a noun and “jagt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,265
- “Jade” frequency rank
- #13,403
- “jagt” frequency rank
- 32668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Jade | jagt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein smaragdgrünes, grünlichweißes, hellgrünes bis grünes, sehr festes Mineral ( drei Minerale, Jadeit, Nephrit und Chloromelanit), Halbedelstein, Edelstein, Schmuckstein, Heilstein, das als Schmuck und im Kunstgewerbe verwendet wird | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs jagen |
Where the eye mixes Jade and jagt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Jade (CVCV) and jagt (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses Jade with jagt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Jade is [ˈjaːdə] while jagt is [jaːkt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Jade is recorded at frequency rank #19,265, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈjaːdə]. jagt is at rank #13,403, tagged as averb, pronounced [jaːkt].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 32668, this pair ranks #1,702,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Jade vs jagt
Shared letters: aj. Private to "Jade": de. Private to "jagt": gt.
"Jade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "jagt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Jade" and "jagt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Jade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jagt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,702,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Jade" and "jagt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Jade vs Jute". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,702,646 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.