puzzle
\pœ.zœl\
The verdict
“puzzle” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,123. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,123
- frequency rank, French
- 248,534
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jeu de patience composé de petites pièces à contours irréguliers que l’on doit assembler pour reconstituer une image.
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 | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pœ.zœl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puzzle” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around puzzle (IPA \pœ.zœl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,123 among 248,534 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "puzzles", "purple", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is puzzle, spelled P-U-Z-Z-L-E.
Definition
- 1Jeu de patience composé de petites pièces à contours irréguliers que l’on doit assembler pour reconstituer une image.
- 2Ensemble de choses semblables en imbrication étroite.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 - 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 French 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 French spelling is P-U-Z-Z-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pœ.zœl\ (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 French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.