judgevsjungWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: judge is a noun, jung is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“judge” is a noun and “jung” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,006
“judge” frequency rank
#1,700
“jung” frequency rank
38706
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature judge jung
Definition Richter niedrigen Alters

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set judge and jung apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
judge
4 ch
jung

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: judge is anoun and junganadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

judge is recorded at frequency rank #37,006, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. jung is at rank #1,700, tagged as anadj, pronounced [jʊŋ].

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 38706, this pair ranks #1,556,791 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of judge vs jung

Shared letters: gju. Private to "judge": de. Private to "jung": n.

"judge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "jung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • judgejduge · jjudge · juddge · judeg · judgge · jugde · ujdge
  • jungjjung · jnug · jugn · jungg · junng · ujng

Frequency comparison

judge#37,006
jung#1,700

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "judge" and "jung" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "judge" is a noun and "jung" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "judge" or "jung"?
"jung" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,700 in our German list, against #37,006 for "judge". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering judge vs jung

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “judge”; for an adjective, it's “jung”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “judge” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list