puller
/ˈpʊlɚ/noun
puller is spelled P-U-L-L-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, puller means “Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is attached to a lever and a ratchet mechanism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of puller is pullers.
How many letters and syllables are in puller?
| Letters | 6: P-U-L-L-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is puller?
Puller appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 puller?
- US /ˈpʊlɚ/
Puller 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-puller.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with puller?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as puller from its last stressed vowel (/ʊləɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: purell.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of puller
- pullers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does puller mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in which a cable is attached to a lever and a ratchet mechanism.
- 2
A tool for pulling, such as a bearing puller.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does puller come from?
From Middle English puller, pullere, equivalent to pull + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).