puzzled
/ˈpʌ.zl̩d/adjective, verb
puzzled is spelled P-U-Z-Z-L-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, puzzled means “Confused or perplexed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in puzzled?
| Letters | 7: P-U-Z-Z-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is puzzled?
Puzzled appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce puzzled?
- /ˈpʌ.zl̩d/
Puzzled has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-puzzled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of puzzled
- more puzzled comparative
- most puzzled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does puzzled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Confused or perplexed.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of puzzle
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Puzzled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense confused or perplexed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | perplexe |
| German | verblüfft, verdutzt, perplex |
| Portuguese | perplexo |
| Spanish | confundido, perplejo, desconcertado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.