JokevsjoseConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#24,394
“Joke” frequency rank
#16,464
“jose” frequency rank
40858
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Joke jose
Definition eine kleine (fiktive) Erzählung, Geschichte oder dergleichen, die zum Lachen anregen soll Personalpronomen 3. Person Plural Femininum Lokativ

Letter map: Joke vs jose

Shared letters muted; letters that set Joke and jose apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
Joke
4 ch
jose

Grammar separator: Joke vs jose

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Joke is anoun and joseapronoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - k in “Joke” becomes s in “jose”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Joke is recorded at frequency rank #24,394, classified as anoun, pronounced [d͡ʒoʊ̯k]. 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 40858, this pair ranks #1,496,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Joke vs jose

Shared letters: ejo. Private to "Joke": k. Private to "jose": s.

"Joke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "jose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Jokejjoke · jkoe · joek · jokke · ojke
  • josejjose · joes · josse · jsoe · ojse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Joke" for "jose" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Joke" is a noun and "jose" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Joke" vs "jose" - which ranks higher?
"jose" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,464 in our German list, against #24,394 for "Joke". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Joke" 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 #1,496,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Joke" and "jose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Jockey vs Joke". 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 #1,496,275 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