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“puzzles” and “talking” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,986
- “puzzles” frequency rank
- #29,813
- “talking” frequency rank
- 79799
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | puzzles | talking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzle | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs talk |
Letter map: puzzles vs talking
Shared letters muted; letters that set puzzles and talking apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Corpus notes: puzzles and talking
puzzles and talking 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 share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79799, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
puzzles is recorded at frequency rank #49,986, classified as averb, pronounced […]. talking is at rank #29,813, 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 79799, this pair ranks #208,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of puzzles vs talking
Shared letters: l. Private to "puzzles": epsuz. Private to "talking": agiknt.
"puzzles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "talking" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "puzzles" vs "talking" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "puzzles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "talking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "puzzles" and "talking" 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 #208,822 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.