championsvspuzzlesConfusable pair

Which to use

“champions” and “puzzles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,501
“champions” frequency rank
#49,986
“puzzles” frequency rank
54487
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature champions puzzles
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs champion 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzle

Letter map: champions vs puzzles

Shared letters muted; letters that set champions and puzzles apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. champions runs 9 letters (CCVCCVVCC) against puzzles's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
champions
7 ch
puzzles

Spelling & dictionary notes on champions vs puzzles

champions and puzzles are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

champions is recorded at frequency rank #4,501, classified as averb, 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 54487, this pair ranks #1,016,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of champions vs puzzles

Shared letters: ps. Private to "champions": achimno. Private to "puzzles": eluz.

"champions" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC  ·  "puzzles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • championscahmpions · cchampions · chamipons · chammpions · champinos · championns · championss · champiosn
  • puzzlesppuzzles · puzles · puzlzes · puzzels · puzzless · puzzlles · puzzlse · pzuzles

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "champions" for "puzzles" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "champions" or "puzzles"?
"champions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,501 in our German list, against #49,986 for "puzzles". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "champions" and "puzzles".

  • Full dictionary entry for "champions" 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 #1,016,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "champions" 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 #1,016,975 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list