PultvsPURWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Pult is a noun, PUR is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Pult” is a noun and “PUR” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,248
“Pult” frequency rank
#7,381
“PUR” frequency rank
37629
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Pult PUR
Definition Tisch mit schräger Fläche oder schräger Aufsatz für einen Tisch, auf dem geschrieben und gelesen wird permanent uppehållsrätt; permanentes Aufenthaltsrecht

Letter map: Pult vs PUR

Shared letters muted; letters that set Pult and PUR apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Pult
3 ch
PUR

Role in the sentence - Pult and PUR

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Pult is anoun and PURanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Pult is recorded at frequency rank #30,248, classified as anoun, pronounced [pʊlt]. PUR is at rank #7,381, tagged as anabbrev.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 37629, this pair ranks #1,585,148 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Pult vs PUR

Shared letters: pu. Private to "Pult": lt. Private to "PUR": r.

"Pult" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "PUR" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Pultplut · ppult · pullt · pultt · putl · uplt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Pult" and "PUR" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Pult" is a noun and "PUR" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Pult" or "PUR" show up more?
"PUR" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,381 in our German list, against #30,248 for "Pult". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Pult" and "PUR".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Pult" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "PUR" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,585,148 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Pult" and "PUR" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Pult vs punta". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,585,148 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list