pell
/pɛl/noun
pell is spelled P-E-L-L: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pell means “A fur or hide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pell is pells.
How many letters and syllables are in pell?
| Letters | 4: P-E-L-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 pell?
Pell appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 pell?
- /pɛl/
Pell 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-pell.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pell
- pells plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pelling participle, present
- pelled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pell mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A fur or hide.
- 2
A lined cloak or its lining.
- 3
A roll of parchment; a record kept on parchment.
- 4
A body of water somewhere between a pond and a lake in size.
- 5
An upright post, often padded and covered in hide, used to practice strikes with bladed weapons such as swords or glaives.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo pelt; to knock about.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pell come from?
From Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”), from Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-. Distantly related to fell and film.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).