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“jeweilige” and “jeweiligen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,938
“jeweilige” frequency rank
#1,893
“jeweiligen” frequency rank
8831
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature jeweilige jeweiligen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs jeweilig Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs jeweilig

Where the eye mixes jeweilige and jeweiligen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. jeweilige runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCV) against jeweiligen's 10 (CVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
jeweilige
10 ch
jeweiligen

Look-alike desk: jeweilige vs jeweiligen

A purely visual mix-up. jeweilige ([ˈjeːˌvaɪ̯lɪɡə]) and jeweiligen ([ˈjeːˌvaɪ̯lɪɡn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “jeweilige” sits inside “jeweiligen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8831, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

jeweilige is recorded at frequency rank #6,938, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈjeːˌvaɪ̯lɪɡə]. jeweiligen is at rank #1,893, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈjeːˌvaɪ̯lɪɡn̩].

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 8831, this pair ranks #1,982,639 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of jeweilige vs jeweiligen

Shared letters: egijlw. Private to "jeweilige": -. Private to "jeweiligen": n.

"jeweilige" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCV  ·  "jeweiligen" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • jeweilige ← ejweilige · jeewilige · jeweiilge · jeweilgie · jeweilieg · jeweiligge · jeweillige · jeweliige
  • jeweiligen ← ejweiligen · jeewiligen · jeweiilgen · jeweilgien · jeweiliegn · jeweiligenn · jeweiliggen · jeweiligne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "jeweilige" and "jeweiligen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈjeːˌvaɪ̯lɪɡə] versus [ˈjeːˌvaɪ̯lɪɡn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "jeweilige" or "jeweiligen"?
"jeweiligen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,893 in our German list, against #6,938 for "jeweilige". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "jeweilige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jeweiligen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,982,639 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #1,982,639 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