fulfil
/fʊlˈfɪl/verb
fulfil is spelled F-U-L-F-I-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “fulfil vs fulfill” about 1,600 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, fulfil means “UK standard spelling of fulfill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in fulfil?
| Letters | 6: F-U-L-F-I-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is fulfil?
Fulfil appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce fulfil?
- /fʊlˈfɪl/
- /fəˈfɪl/
Fulfil has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fulfil.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with fulfil
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of fulfil
- fulfils present, singular, he/she/it
- fulfilling participle, present
- fulfilled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fulfil mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
UK standard spelling of fulfill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).