Punsch

[pʊnʃ]

/[pʊnʃ]/ noun

The verdict

“Punsch” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,245. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,245
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (zumeist heißes) alkoholisches Mischgetränk aus Arrak (oder Rum) mit Wasser (oder Tee beziehungsweise Wein) und Zitrone (oder Limette beziehungsweise Zitronen- oder Limettensaft), Zucker sowie Gewü...

Corpus desk

Index DE-punsch · Punsch · German

Punsch · rank #33,245 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,245
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH punktet

Nearest frequency peer: punktet (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Punsch“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Punsch“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Punsch vs push
50% similar
Punsch vs Putsch
83% similar
Punsch vs punch
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Punsch
PropertyValue
HeadwordPunsch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pʊnʃ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,245
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Punsch“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Punschliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „punktet“ (#33,244), „qualifizierter“ (#33,246), „publizierten“ (#33,243). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Punsch“ bei #33,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Punsch (IPA [pʊnʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,245 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(zumeist heißes) alkoholisches Mischgetränk aus Arrak (oder Rum) mit Wasser (oder Tee beziehungsweise Wein) und Zitrone (oder Limette beziehungsweise Zitronen- oder Limettensaft), Zucker sowie Gewü...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Punsch, with forms such as "pnusch", "ppunsch", and "puncsh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "push", "Putsch", "punch", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Punsch, spelled P-U-N-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    (zumeist heißes) alkoholisches Mischgetränk aus Arrak (oder Rum) mit Wasser (oder Tee beziehungsweise Wein) und Zitrone (oder Limette beziehungsweise Zitronen- oder Limettensaft), Zucker sowie Gewürzen (sowie in zahlreichen – auch alkoholfreien – Varianten)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Punsch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Madam Melina rezitirte einige erhabene Gedichte, und ihr Mann, der im Rauſche nicht ſehr liebenswürdig war, fing an auf die ſchlechte Bereitung des Punſches zu ſchelten, verſicherte daß er ein Feſt ganz anders einzurichten verſtehe, und ward zuletzt, als Laertes Stillſchweigen gebot, immer gröber und lauter, ſo daß dieſer, ohne ſich lange zu bedenken, ih…
  2. „[…]; aber der Regiſtrator Heerbrand griff in die tiefe Taſche ſeines Matins und brachte in drei Repriſen eine Flaſche Arrak, Citronen und Zucker zum Vorſchein. Kaum war eine halbe Stunde vergangen, ſo dampfte ein koͤſtlicher Punſch auf Paulmanns Tiſche.“

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pnusch
  • ppunsch
  • puncsh
  • punnsch
  • punscch
  • punschh
  • punshc
  • punssch
  • pusnch
  • upnsch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Punsch - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

pnusch2ppunsch1puncsh2punnsch1punscch1punschh1punshc2punssch1
Edit distance from "Punsch"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Punsch"?
"Punsch" is spelled P-U-N-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [pʊnʃ].
What does "Punsch" mean?
As a noun, "Punsch" means: (zumeist heißes) alkoholisches Mischgetränk aus Arrak (oder Rum) mit Wasser (oder Tee beziehungsweise Wein) und Zitrone (oder Limette beziehungsweise Zitronen- oder Limettensaft), Zucker sowie Gewü...
What words are commonly confused with "Punsch"?
"Punsch" is commonly confused with "push", "Putsch", "punch". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Punsch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Punsch" is [pʊnʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Punsch" come from?
"Punsch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Punsch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list