pullen
"pullen" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pullen” is uncommon English (frequency #67,759 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,759
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - domestic fowl; poultry
Corpus desk
Index EN-pullen · pullen · English
pullen · rank #67,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,759
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH puna
Nearest frequency peer: puna (+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 “pullen”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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proteolytic
32,248 corpus weight
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prudish
32,247 corpus weight
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psychically
32,246 corpus weight
- pterodactyl
pterodactyl
32,245 corpus weight
- pullen
pullen
32,242 corpus weight
- puna
puna
32,240 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pullen” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pullen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pullen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pullen is uncommon English at frequency #67,759 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
pullen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English poleyn, from Old French polain (modern French poulain), from Late Latin pullāmen; compare pullet. The correct English form is pullen, spelled P-U-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1domestic fowl; poultry
- 2the meat from a domestic fowl
- 3the young of a bird, or, figuratively, human children
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pullen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The palsie plagues my pulses when I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullen your culuers take, or matchles make your Chanticleare or sullen
Etymology
From Middle English poleyn, from Old French polain (modern French poulain), from Late Latin pullāmen; compare pullet.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).