putz
[pʊt͡s]
The verdict
“putz” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #14,657. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,657
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs putzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-putz · putz · German
putz · rank #14,657 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,657
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Präzision
Nearest frequency peer: Präzision (-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 „putz“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- price
price
85,347 corpus weight
- Prämie
Prämie
85,346 corpus weight
- Präzision
Präzision
85,345 corpus weight
- putz
putz
85,344 corpus weight
- Rachel
Rachel
85,343 corpus weight
- Rechenschaft
Rechenschaft
85,341 corpus weight
What this shows „putz“ 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 | putz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pʊt͡s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #14,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „putz“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around putz (IPA [pʊt͡s]), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,657 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs putzen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for putz, with forms such as "pputz", "ptuz", and "puttz". 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, "putzt", "Putze", "putzen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is putz, spelled P-U-T-Z.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs putzen
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pputz
- ptuz
- puttz
- putzz
- puzt
- uptz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of putz - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "putz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).