Which to use
“brink” is a noun and “puzzles” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,421
- “brink” frequency rank
- #49,986
- “puzzles” frequency rank
- 87407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brink | puzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht) | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzle |
Letter map: brink vs puzzles
Shared letters muted; letters that set brink and puzzles apart highlighted. No shared letter run. brink runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against puzzles's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for brink / puzzles
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: brink is anoun and puzzlesaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brink is recorded at frequency rank #37,421, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. puzzles is at rank #49,986, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
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 87407, this pair ranks #80,782 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of brink vs puzzles
Shared letters: none. Private to "brink": biknr. Private to "puzzles": elpsuz.
"brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "puzzles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "brink" for "puzzles" ever safe?
Frequency check: "brink" vs "puzzles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "brink" vs "puzzles" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "brink" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puzzles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,782 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "brink" and "puzzles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "purpose vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #80,782 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.