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lull

/lʌl/noun, verb

lull is spelled L-U-L-L: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lull means “A period of rest or soothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lull is lulls.

How many letters and syllables are in lull?

Letters4: L-U-L-L
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in 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).

How common is lull?

Lull appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd 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 lull?

  • /lʌl/
  • /lʊl/

Lull has one syllable (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lull.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-lull.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of lull

  • lulls plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • lulling participle, present
  • lulled participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does lull mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A period of rest or soothing.

  2. 2

    A period of reduced activity; a respite.

  3. 3

    A period without waves or wind.

  4. 4

    An extended pause between sets of waves.

    About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high.

verb

  1. 1

    To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm

  2. 2

    To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.

    The storm lulled.

  3. 3

    To give somebody a false sense of security so that an unpleasant situation takes the person by surprise.

    They lulled us into thinking we still had time.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Lull in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpause (a period of rest), bonace, calme (a period without waves or wind), apaiser, bercer, calmer (to cause to rest)
Portuguesedescanso, folga (a period of rest), calmaria (a period without waves or wind), embalar (to cause to rest)
GermanWindstille, Flaute (a period without waves or wind), beruhigen (to cause to rest)
Spanisharrullar, adormecer (to cause to rest)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does lull come from?

From Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child. Compare Finnish laulaa (“to sing”) and Hiligaynon lala (“to sing a lullaby”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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