Which to use
“Jade” is a noun and “jedem” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,265
- “Jade” frequency rank
- #555
- “jedem” frequency rank
- 19820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Jade | jedem |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Indefinitpronomens jeder |
Where the eye mixes Jade and jedem
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Jade with jedem
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Jade is [ˈjaːdə] while jedem is [ˈjeːdəm]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs unknown), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19820, 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]. jedem is at rank #555, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈjeːdəm].
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 19820, this pair ranks #1,904,246 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Jade vs jedem
Shared letters: dej. Private to "Jade": a. Private to "jedem": m.
"Jade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "jedem" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Jade" and "jedem" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Jade" or "jedem" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Jade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jedem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,904,246 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Jade" and "jedem" 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 #1,904,246 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.