jedevsJudeWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#433
“jede” frequency rank
#7,777
“Jude” frequency rank
8210
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jede Jude
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum attributiv des Indefinitpronomens jeder Mensch, welcher der Religion des Judentums angehört

Where the eye mixes jede and Jude

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
jede
4 ch
Jude

Why the eye confuses jede with Jude

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jede is [ˈjeːdə] while Jude is [ˈjuːdə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “jede” becomes u in “Jude”, and the parts of speech differ too (unknown vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jede is recorded at frequency rank #433, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈjeːdə]. Jude is at rank #7,777, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈjuːdə].

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 8210, this pair ranks #1,985,201 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jede vs Jude

Shared letters: dej. Private to "jede": -. Private to "Jude": u.

"jede" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Jude" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jedeejde · jdee · jedde · jeed · jjede
  • Judejdue · jjude · judde · jued · ujde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jede" for "Jude" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jede" is an unknown and "Jude" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "jede" or "Jude"?
"jede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #433 in our German list, against #7,777 for "Jude". 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 "jede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Jude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,985,201 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jede" and "Jude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Jude 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 #1,985,201 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