Which to use
“puzzles” is a verb and “technologies” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,986
- “puzzles” frequency rank
- #24,949
- “technologies” frequency rank
- 74935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | puzzles | technologies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzle | Plural des Substantivs technology |
Letter map: puzzles vs technologies
Shared letters muted; letters that set puzzles and technologies apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for puzzles / technologies
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: puzzles is averb and technologiesanoun. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
puzzles is recorded at frequency rank #49,986, classified as averb, pronounced […]. technologies is at rank #24,949, tagged as anoun, 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 74935, this pair ranks #320,629 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of puzzles vs technologies
Shared letters: els. Private to "puzzles": puz. Private to "technologies": cghinot.
"puzzles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "technologies" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- puzzles ← ppuzzles · puzles · puzlzes · puzzels · puzzless · puzzlles · puzzlse · pzuzles
- technologies ← etchnologies · tcehnologies · tecchnologies · techhnologies · technloogies · technnologies · technolgoies · technollogies
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "puzzles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "technologies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,629 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "puzzles" and "technologies" 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 #320,629 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.