lettenvspuzzlesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#46,806
“letten” frequency rank
#49,986
“puzzles” frequency rank
96792
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature letten puzzles
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs let 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzle

Letter map: letten vs puzzles

Shared letters muted; letters that set letten and puzzles apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. letten runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against puzzles's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
letten
7 ch
puzzles

Pair insight - letten / puzzles

letten 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

letten is recorded at frequency rank #46,806, 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 96792, this pair ranks #5,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of letten vs puzzles

Shared letters: el. Private to "letten": nt. Private to "puzzles": psuz.

"letten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "puzzles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • letten ← eltten · leten · letetn · lettenn · lettne · lletten · lteten
  • puzzles ← ppuzzles · puzles · puzlzes · puzzels · puzzless · puzzlles · puzzlse · pzuzles

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "letten" and "puzzles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "letten" vs "puzzles" - which ranks higher?
"letten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,806 in our German list, against #49,986 for "puzzles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "letten" 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 #5,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "letten" 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 #5,975 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