# polled vs pulsed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### polled
*verb · IPA /pəʊld/ · frequency rank #21,621*
simple past and past participle of poll

### pulsed
*verb · IPA /pʌlst/ · frequency rank #35,470*
simple past and past participle of pulse

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polled-vs-pulsed