Look-alike Letters

Some Yiddish letters look very similar. In the exercise below, choose the correct name for each letter. Don't forget to check your answers when you're done.

  • נ
  • ג
  • nun (n)
  • gimel (g)
  • ב
  • כ
  • beys (b)
  • khof (kh/ch)
  • ס
  • ם
  • samekh (s)
  • shlos mem (m)
  • ה
  • ח
  • khes (kh/ch)
  • hey (h)
  • ד
  • ר
  • daled (d)
  • reysh (r)
  • ו
  • ן
  • vov (u)
  • langer nun (n)
  • ז
  • ו
  • zayen (z)
  • vov (u)

Created by Dr. Asya Vaisman Schulman, director of the Yiddish Book Center's Yiddish Language Institute

Move to the exercise on final forms of Yiddish letters here