JobsvsjoseWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Jobs is a noun, jose is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Jobs” is a noun and “jose” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,771
“Jobs” frequency rank
#16,464
“jose” frequency rank
19235
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Jobs jose
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Job Personalpronomen 3. Person Plural Femininum Lokativ

Letter map: Jobs vs jose

Shared letters muted; letters that set Jobs and jose apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Jobs (CVCC) and jose (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Jobs
4 ch
jose

Grammar separator: Jobs vs jose

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Jobs is anoun and joseapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Jobs is recorded at frequency rank #2,771, classified as anoun, pronounced [d͡ʒɔps]. jose is at rank #16,464, tagged as apron, 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 19235, this pair ranks #1,910,466 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Jobs vs jose

Shared letters: jos. Private to "Jobs": b. Private to "jose": e.

"Jobs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "jose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Jobs ← jbos · jjobs · jobbs · jobss · josb · ojbs
  • jose ← jjose · joes · josse · jsoe · ojse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Jobs" and "jose" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Jobs" is a noun and "jose" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Jobs" or "jose" show up more?
"Jobs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,771 in our German list, against #16,464 for "jose". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Jobs" and "jose".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Jobs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "jose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,910,466 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Jobs" and "jose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jose 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 #1,910,466 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