Which to use
“Juden” and “Jüdin” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,667
- “Juden” frequency rank
- #27,798
- “Jüdin” frequency rank
- 29465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Juden | Jüdin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Jude | Anhängerin des jüdischen Glaubens |
Where the eye mixes Juden and Jüdin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Juden and Jüdin follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between Juden and Jüdin
A purely visual mix-up. Juden ([ˈjuːdn̩]) and Jüdin ([ˈjyːdɪn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Juden is recorded at frequency rank #1,667, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈjuːdn̩]. Jüdin is at rank #27,798, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈjyːdɪn].
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 29465, this pair ranks #1,766,309 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Juden vs Jüdin
Shared letters: djn. Private to "Juden": eu. Private to "Jüdin": iü.
"Juden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Jüdin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Juden ← jduen · jjuden · judden · judenn · judne · juedn · ujden
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Juden" for "Jüdin" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Juden" or "Jüdin"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Juden" and "Jüdin" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Juden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Jüdin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,766,309 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Juden" and "Jüdin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Jüdin vs Jurij". 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 #1,766,309 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.