je vs jed, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“je” is a verb and “jed” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,171
“je” frequency rank: #47,440
“jed” frequency rank: 61611
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	je	jed
Definition	segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo jam:	veneno, peçonha, toxina

Letter map: je vs jed

Shared letters muted; letters that set je and jed apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. je runs 2 letters (CV) against jed's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

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3 ch

jed

Grammar separator: je vs jed

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: je is averb and jedanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “je” sits inside “jed”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

je is recorded at frequency rank #14,171, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈjɛ/. jed is at rank #47,440, tagged as anoun.

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 61611, this pair ranks #7,053 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of je vs jed

Shared letters: ej. Private to "je": -. Private to "jed": d.

"je" · 2 letters · shape CV · "jed" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "je" for "jed" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "je" is a verb and "jed" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "je" or "jed" show up more?

"je" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,171 in our Portuguese list, against #47,440 for "jed". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "je" and "jed".

Full dictionary entry for "je" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "jed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #7,053 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"je" and "jed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "jed vs judo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #7,053 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.