Which to use
“jeden” is an unknown and “jeher” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #294
- “jeden” frequency rank
- #10,675
- “jeher” frequency rank
- 10969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | jeden | jeher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Akkusativ des maskulinen bestimmten Indefinitpronomens jeder | so lange, wie die Erinnerung zurückreicht |
Where the eye mixes jeden and jeher
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. jeden and jeher follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: jeden vs jeher
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jeden is [ˈjeːdn̩] while jeher is [ˈjeːheːɐ̯]. 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 adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
jeden is recorded at frequency rank #294, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈjeːdn̩]. jeher is at rank #10,675, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈjeːheːɐ̯].
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 10969, this pair ranks #1,972,373 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of jeden vs jeher
Shared letters: ej. Private to "jeden": dn. Private to "jeher": hr.
"jeden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "jeher" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "jeden" and "jeher" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "jeden" or "jeher"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "jeden" and "jeher" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "jeden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "jeher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,972,373 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "jeden" and "jeher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jed vs jeden". 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 #1,972,373 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.