# Jess vs Jesse

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Jess
*name · IPA /d͡ʒɛs/ · frequency rank #11,905*
A diminutive of the male given name Jesse.

### Jesse
*name · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛs.i/ · frequency rank #6,701*
The son of Obed and the father of king David.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jess-vs-jesse