pula
/pʊlə/
"pula" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pula” is uncommon English (frequency #63,161 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,161
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pula · pula · English
pula · rank #63,161 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,161
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Prowse
Nearest frequency peer: Prowse (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “pula”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- procedurally
procedurally
36,844 corpus weight
- Prowse
Prowse
36,842 corpus weight
- pula
pula
36,840 corpus weight
- pursuer
pursuer
36,838 corpus weight
- putsch
putsch
36,837 corpus weight
- quadrature
quadrature
36,836 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pula” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pula |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pʊlə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pula” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pula is uncommon English at frequency #63,161 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pʊlə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pula in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Tswana pula, Northern Sotho pula, and Sotho pula (“rain”), all from Proto-Bantu *mbúdà. The correct English form is pula, spelled P-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Rain, used as an expression of greeting or good luck.
- 2The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal at Gaborone this 31st day of March, 2020. / PULA!
Etymology
From Tswana pula, Northern Sotho pula, and Sotho pula (“rain”), all from Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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