Which to use
“paste” is a noun and “pusten” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,065
- “paste” frequency rank
- #35,395
- “pusten” frequency rank
- 59460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paste | pusten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paste | durch plötzliches heftiges Ausatmen einen starken Luftstrom erzeugen |
Letter map: paste vs pusten
Shared letters muted; letters that set paste and pusten apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for paste / pusten
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: paste is anoun and pustenaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paste is recorded at frequency rank #24,065, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. pusten is at rank #35,395, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpuːstn̩].
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 59460, this pair ranks #823,709 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of paste vs pusten
Shared letters: epst. Private to "paste": a. Private to "pusten": nu.
"paste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pusten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "paste" for "pusten" ever safe?
Frequency check: "paste" vs "pusten" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "paste" and "pusten".
- Full dictionary entry for "paste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pusten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #823,709 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paste" and "pusten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pusten vs pustet". 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 #823,709 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.