null
/nʌl/noun, adjective, verb
null is spelled N-U-L-L: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, null means “A non-existent or empty value or set of values” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of null is nulls.
How many letters and syllables are in null?
| Letters | 4: N-U-L-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is null?
Null appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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 null?
- UK /nʌl/
- US /nʌl/
- US /nʊl/
Null 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: En-us-null.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with null?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as null from its last stressed vowel (/ʌl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of null
- nulls plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- more null comparative
- most null superlative
- nulling participle, present
- nulled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does null mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
- 2
Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
- 3
Something that has no force or meaning.
- 4
The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
- 5
The attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null.
- 6
One of the beads in nulled work.
- 7
The null hypothesis.
adjective
- 1
Having no validity; "null and void".
- 2
Insignificant.
- 3
Absent or non-existent.
- 4
Of the null set.
- 5
Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.
- 6
Causing a complete loss of gene function; amorphic.
- 7
Neutral.
verb
- 1
archaicTo nullify; to annul.
- 2
To return to the null position, setting, etc.
- 3
To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.
- 4
slangTo crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Null in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | valor nulo , nulo |
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 null come from?
Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).