jedesvsjetsWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#546
“jedes” frequency rank
#21,304
“jets” frequency rank
21850
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jedes jets
Definition alle Einzelnen einer Gruppe 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs jet

Letter map: jedes vs jets

Shared letters muted; letters that set jedes and jets apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. jedes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against jets's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
jedes
4 ch
jets

Role in the sentence - jedes and jets

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: jedes is apronoun and jetsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jedes is recorded at frequency rank #546, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈjeːdəs]. jets is at rank #21,304, tagged as averb, 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 21850, this pair ranks #1,881,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jedes vs jets

Shared letters: ejs. Private to "jedes": d. Private to "jets": t.

"jedes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "jets" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jedes ← ejdes · jdees · jeddes · jedess · jedse · jeeds · jjedes
  • jets ← ejts · jest · jetss · jetts · jjets · jtes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "jedes" and "jets" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jedes" is a pronoun and "jets" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "jedes" or "jets" show up more?
"jedes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #546 in our German list, against #21,304 for "jets". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "jedes" vs "jets" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jedes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,881,398 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jedes" and "jets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jets 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 #1,881,398 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