jeglichervsjeglichesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: jeglicher is a pronoun, jegliches is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“jeglicher” is a pronoun and “jegliches” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,227
“jeglicher” frequency rank
#24,001
“jegliches” frequency rank
32228
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jeglicher jegliches
Definition ein jeder Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Indefinitpronomens jeglicher

Where the eye mixes jeglicher and jegliches

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. jeglicher and jegliches follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
jeglicher
9 ch
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Look-alike desk: jeglicher vs jegliches

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: jeglicher is [ˈjeːklɪçɐ] while jegliches is [ˈjeːklɪçəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “jeglicher” becomes s in “jegliches”, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs unknown), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jeglicher is recorded at frequency rank #8,227, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈjeːklɪçɐ]. jegliches is at rank #24,001, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈjeːklɪçəs].

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 32228, this pair ranks #1,711,996 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jeglicher vs jegliches

Shared letters: ceghijl. Private to "jeglicher": r. Private to "jegliches": s.

"jeglicher" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC  ·  "jegliches" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jeglicher ← ejglicher · jegglicher · jegilcher · jeglciher · jegliccher · jeglicehr · jeglicherr · jeglichher
  • jegliches ← ejgliches · jeggliches · jegilches · jeglcihes · jeglicches · jeglicehs · jeglichess · jeglichhes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "jeglicher" and "jegliches" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "jeglicher" is a pronoun and "jegliches" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "jeglicher" vs "jegliches" - which ranks higher?
"jeglicher" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,227 in our German list, against #24,001 for "jegliches". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "jeglicher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jegliches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,711,996 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "jeglicher" and "jegliches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jeglichem vs jegliches". 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 #1,711,996 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