# pulled vs pulleys

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pulleys
*noun · IPA /ˈpʊliz/ · frequency rank #46,712*
plural of pulley

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