pastevspustetWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#24,065
“paste” frequency rank
#46,216
“pustet” frequency rank
70281
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature paste pustet
Definition Paste 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pusten

Letter map: paste vs pustet

Shared letters muted; letters that set paste and pustet apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
paste
6 ch
pustet

Role in the sentence - paste and pustet

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: paste is anoun and pustetaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

paste is recorded at frequency rank #24,065, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. pustet is at rank #46,216, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpuːstət].

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 70281, this pair ranks #451,032 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of paste vs pustet

Shared letters: epst. Private to "paste": a. Private to "pustet": u.

"paste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "pustet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pasteapste · paset · pastte · patse · ppaste · psate
  • pustetppustet · psutet · pusett · pusstet · pustett · pusttet · putset · upstet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "paste" for "pustet" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "paste" is a noun and "pustet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "paste" or "pustet" show up more?
"paste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,065 in our German list, against #46,216 for "pustet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "paste" vs "pustet" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "paste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pustet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #451,032 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "paste" and "pustet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "postete 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 #451,032 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