levelsvspuzzlesTell them apart

Quick tell: levels is a noun, puzzles is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#30,665
“levels” frequency rank
#49,986
“puzzles” frequency rank
80651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature levels puzzles
Definition Plural des Substantivs level 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzle

Letter map: levels vs puzzles

Shared letters muted; letters that set levels and puzzles apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
levels
7 ch
puzzles

Role in the sentence - levels and puzzles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: levels is anoun and puzzlesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

levels is recorded at frequency rank #30,665, 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 80651, this pair ranks #191,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of levels vs puzzles

Shared letters: els. Private to "levels": v. Private to "puzzles": puz.

"levels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "puzzles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • levelselvels · leevls · levells · levelss · levesl · levles · levvels · llevels
  • puzzlesppuzzles · puzles · puzlzes · puzzels · puzzless · puzzlles · puzzlse · pzuzles

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "levels" for "puzzles" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "levels" is a noun and "puzzles" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "levels" or "puzzles" show up more?
"levels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,665 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.

What to do next

You've compared "levels" and "puzzles". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "levels" 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 #191,360 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "levels" 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 #191,360 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