pusten
[ˈpuːstn̩]
The verdict
“pusten” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,395
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch plötzliches heftiges Ausatmen einen starken Luftstrom erzeugen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pusten · pusten · German
pusten · rank #35,395 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,395
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Psalmen
Nearest frequency peer: Psalmen (-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 „pusten“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Propeller
Propeller
64,609 corpus weight
- prozentual
prozentual
64,608 corpus weight
- Psalmen
Psalmen
64,607 corpus weight
- pusten
pusten
64,606 corpus weight
- quetschen
quetschen
64,605 corpus weight
- rammt
rammt
64,604 corpus weight
What this shows „pusten“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pusten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpuːstn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #35,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „pusten“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around pusten (IPA [ˈpuːstn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,395 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pusten, with forms such as "ppusten", "psuten", and "pusetn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "putzen", "pustet", "poste", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is pusten, spelled P-U-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch plötzliches heftiges Ausatmen einen starken Luftstrom erzeugen
- 2heftig atmen, weil man erschöpft ist, in ein Alkoholmessgerät blasen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pusten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie pustete ordentlich und nahm alle 10 Kerzen auf der Torte auf einmal aufs Korn.
Komm her mein Schatz, ich puste auf dein aufgeschlagenes Knie, und dann tut es auch gleich nicht mehr so weh.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ppusten
- psuten
- pusetn
- pussten
- pustenn
- pustne
- pustten
- putsen
- upsten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pusten - 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.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pusten", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).