pulled
/pʊld/adjective, verb
pulled is spelled P-U-L-L-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 47 times per million words in written English, the 2,153rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pulled means “Of cooked meat, prepared by being torn into fine pieces” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pulled?
| Letters | 6: P-U-L-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 47 times per million words; the 2,153rd 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 pulled?
Pulled appears 47 times per million words in written English, the 2,153rd 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 pulled?
- /pʊld/
Pulled 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). Recordings: En-us-pulled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does pulled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of cooked meat, prepared by being torn into fine pieces.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of pull
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pulled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of fine pieces of cooked meat torn from the bone:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | mechado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.