pullback
noun
pullback is spelled P-U-L-L-B-A-C-K: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pullback means “The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pullback is pullbacks.
How many letters and syllables are in pullback?
| Letters | 8: P-U-L-L-B-A-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th 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 pullback?
Pullback appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 pullback?
Pullback has 2 syllables (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).
Words people confuse with pullback
Also written: pull-back (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of pullback
- pullbacks plural
- pull-back
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pullback mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act or result of pulling back; a withdrawal.
- 2
The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
- 3
archaicSomething that holds back; a drawback; a hindrance.
- 4
A reduction in the price of a financial instrument after reaching a peak
- 5
An attacking pass from the wing into a position further from the attacking goal line.
- 6
A device for making a woman's gown hang close and straight in front.
- 7
The map between cotangent bundles of manifolds corresponding to a smooth map between smooth manifolds, which at each point is the dual map to the corresponding pushforward.
- 8
The limit of a cospan: a Cartesian square or “pullback square”.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pullback come from?
Deverbal from pull back.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).