jedesvsJeverTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#546
“jedes” frequency rank
#29,645
“Jever” frequency rank
30191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jedes Jever
Definition alle Einzelnen einer Gruppe eine Stadt in Niedersachsen, Deutschland

Where the eye mixes jedes and Jever

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. jedes and Jever follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
jedes
5 ch
Jever

Why the eye confuses jedes with Jever

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jedes is [ˈjeːdəs] 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 (pronoun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jedes is recorded at frequency rank #546, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈjeːdəs]. 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 30191, this pair ranks #1,752,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jedes vs Jever

Shared letters: ej. Private to "jedes": ds. Private to "Jever": rv.

"jedes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Jever" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jedes ← ejdes · jdees · jeddes · jedess · jedse · jeeds · jjedes
  • Jever ← ejver · jeevr · jeverr · jevre · jevver · jjever · jveer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "jedes" for "Jever" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jedes" is a pronoun and "Jever" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "jedes" vs "Jever" - which ranks higher?
"jedes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #546 in our German list, against #29,645 for "Jever". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "jedes" and "Jever" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "jedes" 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 #1,752,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jedes" 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 #1,752,646 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