JohvsjoseTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#22,031
“Joh” frequency rank
#16,464
“jose” frequency rank
38495
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Joh jose
Definition Johannesevangelium Personalpronomen 3. Person Plural Femininum Lokativ

Letter map: Joh vs jose

Shared letters muted; letters that set Joh and jose apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
Joh
4 ch
jose

Grammar separator: Joh vs jose

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Joh is anabbrev and joseapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Joh is recorded at frequency rank #22,031, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. 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 38495, this pair ranks #1,562,460 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Joh vs jose

Shared letters: jo. Private to "Joh": h. Private to "jose": es.

"Joh" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "jose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • josejjose · joes · josse · jsoe · ojse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Joh" and "jose" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Joh" is an abbrev and "jose" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Joh" or "jose"?
"jose" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,464 in our German list, against #22,031 for "Joh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Joh" vs "jose" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Joh" 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 #1,562,460 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Joh" and "jose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Joh 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 #1,562,460 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