puzzlesvsstaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#49,986
“puzzles” frequency rank
#18,707
“sta” frequency rank
68693
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature puzzles sta
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzle Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs star (unabhängig von Person und Numerus)

Letter map: puzzles vs sta

Shared letters muted; letters that set puzzles and sta apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. puzzles runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against sta's 3 (CCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
puzzles
3 ch
sta

Spelling & dictionary notes on puzzles vs sta

puzzles and sta 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 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

puzzles is recorded at frequency rank #49,986, classified as averb, pronounced […]. sta is at rank #18,707, 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 68693, this pair ranks #499,872 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of puzzles vs sta

Shared letters: s. Private to "puzzles": elpuz. Private to "sta": at.

"puzzles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "sta" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • puzzles ← ppuzzles · puzles · puzlzes · puzzels · puzzless · puzzlles · puzzlse · pzuzles

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "puzzles" and "sta" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 4 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: "puzzles" vs "sta" - which ranks higher?
"sta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,707 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

Pair "puzzles" vs "sta" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "puzzles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #499,872 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "puzzles" and "sta" 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 #499,872 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