pulle
[ˈpʊlə]
The verdict
“pulle” is uncommon German (frequency #53,168 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,168
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pullen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pulle · pulle · German
pulle · rank #53,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,168
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Pubs
Nearest frequency peer: Pubs (-1 rank slots)
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 “pulle”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Prostatakre…
Prostatakrebs
46,836 corpus weight
- provokante
provokante
46,835 corpus weight
- Pubs
Pubs
46,834 corpus weight
- pulle
pulle
46,833 corpus weight
- QS
QS
46,832 corpus weight
- Quallen
Quallen
46,831 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pulle” sits against similarly uncommon German ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pulle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpʊlə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,168 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “pulle” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
pulle is uncommon German at frequency #53,168 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpʊlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
pulle has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is pulle, spelled P-U-L-L-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pullen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pullen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pullen
- 42. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs pullen
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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