puzzlement
"puzzlement" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“puzzlement” is uncommon English (frequency #76,246 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,246
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The confusing state of being puzzled; bewilderment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-puzzlement · puzzlement · English
puzzlement · rank #76,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,246
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Putrajaya
Nearest frequency peer: Putrajaya (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “puzzlement”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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pseudoephedrine
23,760 corpus weight
- pulver
pulver
23,758 corpus weight
- pursing
pursing
23,757 corpus weight
- Putrajaya
Putrajaya
23,756 corpus weight
- puzzlement
puzzlement
23,755 corpus weight
- Quinones
Quinones
23,753 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “puzzlement” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puzzlement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “puzzlement” in English
Rare enough to double-check
puzzlement is uncommon English at frequency #76,246 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for puzzlement, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From puzzle + -ment. The correct English form is puzzlement, spelled P-U-Z-Z-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The confusing state of being puzzled; bewilderment.
- 2A puzzle; something baffling.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how puzzlement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The puzzlement caused by the complex system led to great anger.
Or, larger mothers might have not necessarily more progeny but more fit ones, while smaller size might be an advantage to the males, allowing them to get around faster. Finally, for creatures that continue to grow, perhaps more of the females simply live longer, gaining in stature all the time. “'Tis a puzzlement.”
Etymology
From puzzle + -ment.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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