jedevsJudaTell them apart

Quick tell: jede is a unknown, Juda is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“jede” is an unknown and “Juda” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#433
“jede” frequency rank
#45,369
“Juda” frequency rank
45802
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jede Juda
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum attributiv des Indefinitpronomens jeder männlicher Vorname

Letter map: jede vs Juda

Shared letters muted; letters that set jede and Juda apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. jede and Juda follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
jede
4 ch
Juda

Role in the sentence - jede and Juda

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jede is anunknown and Judaaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jede is recorded at frequency rank #433, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈjeːdə]. Juda is at rank #45,369, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 45802, this pair ranks #1,340,757 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of jede vs Juda

Shared letters: dj. Private to "jede": e. Private to "Juda": au.

"jede" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Juda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jedeejde · jdee · jedde · jeed · jjede
  • Judajdua · jjuda · juad · judda · ujda

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jede" for "Juda" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jede" is an unknown and "Juda" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "jede" or "Juda"?
"jede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #433 in our German list, against #45,369 for "Juda". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "jede" and "Juda".

  • Full dictionary entry for "jede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Juda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,340,757 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jede" and "Juda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Juda vs puzzles". 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 #1,340,757 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