pulle
[ˈpʊlə]
The verdict
“pulle” is an uncommon German word, ranked #53,168 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #53,168
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pullen
| 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) |
Where “pulle” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for pulle is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpʊlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,168 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “pulle”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-U-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpʊlə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.