pull apart
"pull-apart" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pull apart” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, apart.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pull-apart · pull apart · English
pull apart · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pull apart |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pull apart” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pull apart is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pull apart, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is pull apart, spelled P-U-L-L- -A-P-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, apart.
- 2To become separated as a result of pulling.
- 3To separate (people or animals that are fighting).
- 4To disassemble, dismantle, take apart (a machine or other mechanical device).
- 5To investigate rigorously the basis of (an idea or theory).
- 6To criticise harshly and in detail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pull apart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A frayed rope will pull apart under tension.
The drunken brawlers had to be pulled apart.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.