je

/[jeː]/ adv

Letters

2 characters

Frequency Rank

#352

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

je is anGermanadv. It means: zu irgendeiner Zeit, jemals Pronounced [jeː]. It ranks #352 in German word frequency. Often confused with jo and Jg.

Key facts for je
PropertyValue
Headwordje
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdv
IPA[jeː]
Letters2
Frequency rank#352
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of je in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for je is 2 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [jeː]. Corpus data places it at rank #352 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for je in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "jo", "Jg", "JS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is je, spelled J-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu irgendeiner Zeit, jemals
  2. 2
    jeweils
  3. 3
    je… [desto]…, je… [umso]…, oder je…, je… (zeigt mit zwei Komparativen das gleichgerichtete Wachstum des zweiten Komparativ zum ersten an)

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #352 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "je"?
"je" is spelled J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [jeː].
What does "je" mean?
As an adv, "je" means: zu irgendeiner Zeit, jemals
What words are commonly confused with "je"?
"je" is commonly confused with "jo", "Jg", "JS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "je"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "je" is [jeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "je" come from?
"je" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.