Which to use
“jedem” is an unknown and “Jever” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #555
- “jedem” frequency rank
- #29,645
- “Jever” frequency rank
- 30200
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jedem | Jever |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dativ Singular Maskulinum des Indefinitpronomens jeder | eine Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland |
Where the eye mixes jedem and Jever
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: jedem vs Jever
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jedem is [ˈjeːdəm] while Jever is [ˈjeːfɐ]. 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 (unknown vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jedem is recorded at frequency rank #555, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈjeːdəm]. Jever is at rank #29,645, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈjeːfɐ].
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 30200, this pair ranks #1,752,483 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jedem vs Jever
Shared letters: ej. Private to "jedem": dm. Private to "Jever": rv.
"jedem" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Jever" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "jedem" and "Jever" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "jedem" or "Jever"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "jedem" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Jever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,752,483 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jedem" and "Jever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Jever vs juve". 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 #1,752,483 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.