Puste

[ˈpuːstə]

/[ˈpuːstə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Puste” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,146
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fähigkeit von Lunge, Herz und Kreislauf, dem Körper Sauerstoff zu liefern

Corpus desk

Index DE-puste · Puste · German

Puste · rank #37,146 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,146
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Präses

Nearest frequency peer: Präses (-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 „Puste“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Puste“ 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).

Puste vs put
40% similar
Puste vs putz
40% similar
Puste vs Putze
60% similar

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

Key facts for Puste
PropertyValue
HeadwordPuste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpuːstə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,146
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Puste“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Pusteliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Präses“ (#37,145), „PvP“ (#37,147), „Proletariat“ (#37,144). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Puste“ bei #37,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Puste (IPA [ˈpuːstə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,146 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Puste, with forms such as "ppuste", "psute", and "puset". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "put", "putz", "Putze", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Puste, spelled P-U-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fähigkeit von Lunge, Herz und Kreislauf, dem Körper Sauerstoff zu liefern
  2. 2
    Atem

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Für diesen Lauf reicht meine Puste noch.
  2. Nach einer Stunde Tanzen geht mir langsam die Puste aus.

Synonyms

KonditionKraftDurchhaltevermögenAtem

This word in other languages

breath(English)aliento(Español)souffle(Français)hálito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ppuste
  • psute
  • puset
  • pusste
  • pustte
  • putse
  • upste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Puste - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ppuste1psute2puset2pusste1pustte1putse2upste2
Edit distance from "Puste"

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 "Puste"?
"Puste" is spelled P-U-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpuːstə].
What does "Puste" mean?
As a noun, "Puste" means: Fähigkeit von Lunge, Herz und Kreislauf, dem Körper Sauerstoff zu liefern
What words are commonly confused with "Puste"?
"Puste" is commonly confused with "put", "putz", "Putze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Puste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Puste" is [ˈpuːstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Puste" come from?
"Puste" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

richt#37,164rohes#37,167Sakko#37,179nivea#37,112

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

rammte7 variantsSabbat7 variantsThale7 variantsKümmel7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list