puzzle
[ˈpʊzlə]
The verdict
“puzzle” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #18,028 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #18,028
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzeln
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 | puzzle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpʊzlə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puzzle” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for puzzle is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpʊzlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,028 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for puzzle, with forms such as "ppuzzle", "puzle", and "puzlze". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "puzzles", "Putze", "purple", 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 puzzle, spelled P-U-Z-Z-L-E.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzeln
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzeln
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzeln
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs puzzeln
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ppuzzle,puzle,puzlze,puzzel,puzzlle,pzuzle,upzzle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puzzle - 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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Using “puzzle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-U-Z-Z-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpʊzlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “puzzles” - see the side-by-side comparison. puzzle vs puzzles
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.