# pellet vs pulled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pellet
*noun · IPA /ˈpɛl.ɪt/ · frequency rank #25,525*
A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

### pulled
*verb · IPA /pʊld/ · frequency rank #2,172*
simple past and past participle of pull

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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