pull up stakes
"pull-up-stakes" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pull up stakes” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pull-up-stakes · pull up stakes · English
pull up stakes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 up stakes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pull up stakes” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pull up stakes is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.".
Zero misspellings are on record for pull up stakes in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 up stakes, spelled P-U-L-L- -U-P- -S-T-A-K-E-S.
Definition
- 1To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pull up stakes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They just pulled up stakes and left.
From the start of their strange and embattled marriage, they established a pattern of suddenly pulling up stakes with little notice to family members or neighbors.
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.