puzzlesvstechnologiesWhat's the difference?

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

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.

7 ch
puzzles
12 ch
technologies

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

  • puzzlesppuzzles · puzles · puzlzes · puzzels · puzzless · puzzlles · puzzlse · pzuzles
  • technologiesetchnologies · tcehnologies · tecchnologies · techhnologies · technloogies · technnologies · technolgoies · technollogies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "puzzles" and "technologies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "puzzles" is a verb and "technologies" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "puzzles" or "technologies" show up more?
"technologies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,949 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.

Useful next steps

You've compared "puzzles" and "technologies". Here's where to go from here.

  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list