paul
/pɔl/noun
paul is spelled P-A-U-L: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 107 times per million words in written English, the 996th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, paul means “An old Italian silver coin; a paolo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of paul is pauls.
How many letters and syllables are in paul?
| Letters | 4: P-A-U-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 107 times per million words; the 996th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 paul?
Paul appears 107 times per million words in written English, the 996th 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 paul?
- UK /pɔːl/
- US /pɔl/
- /pɑl/
Paul 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-Paul.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with paul
Sounds like: pall, pawl (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: pal.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with paul?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as paul from its last stressed vowel (/ɔl/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pula.
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 paul
- pauls plural
- pal
- pawl
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paul mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
- 2
IndiaA small tent of various kinds.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does paul come from?
From Hindi [Term?].
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).