JadevsjedesTell them apart

Quick tell: Jade is a noun, jedes is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Jade” is a noun and “jedes” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,265
“Jade” frequency rank
#546
“jedes” frequency rank
19811
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Jade jedes
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 alle Einzelnen einer Gruppe

Where the eye mixes Jade and jedes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Jade runs 4 letters (CVCV) against jedes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Jade
5 ch
jedes

Look-alike desk: Jade vs jedes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Jade is [ˈjaːdə] while jedes is [ˈjeːdəs]. 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 pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19811, 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]. jedes is at rank #546, tagged as apron, pronounced [ˈjeːdəs].

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 19811, this pair ranks #1,904,334 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Jade vs jedes

Shared letters: dej. Private to "Jade": a. Private to "jedes": s.

"Jade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "jedes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Jade ← ajde · jadde · jaed · jdae · jjade
  • jedes ← ejdes · jdees · jeddes · jedess · jedse · jeeds · jjedes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Jade" and "jedes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Jade" is a noun and "jedes" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Jade" or "jedes" show up more?
"jedes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #546 in our German list, against #19,265 for "Jade". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Jade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jedes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,904,334 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Jade" and "jedes" 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 #1,904,334 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list