pulling
/ˈpʊlɪŋ/noun, verb
pulling is spelled P-U-L-L-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 3,939th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pulling means “The act by which something is pulled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pulling is pullings.
How many letters and syllables are in pulling?
| Letters | 7: P-U-L-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 22 times per million words; the 3,939th 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 pulling?
Pulling appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 3,939th 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 pulling?
- /ˈpʊlɪŋ/
Pulling 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: En-us-pulling.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pulling
- pullings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pulling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is pulled.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of pull
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pulling come from?
From Middle English pulling, pullyng, pullynge, equivalent to pull + -ing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).