polled
/poʊld/adjective, verb
polled is spelled P-O-L-L-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, polled means “Lopped; said of trees having their tops cut off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in polled?
| Letters | 6: P-O-L-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th 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 polled?
Polled appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th 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 polled?
- UK /pəʊld/
- US /poʊld/
Polled 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).
What rhymes with polled?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as polled from its last stressed vowel (/oʊld/):
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).
What does polled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lopped; said of trees having their tops cut off.
- 2
Cropped; bald.
the polled bachelor
- 3
Without horns; said of livestock that normally have horns, but which have been bred to be hornless, or which have been dehorned.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of poll
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).