# pulling

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpʊlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,971

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of pull

## Etymology
From Middle English *pullynge, equivalent to pull + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **putting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-putting)
- **pushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-pushing)
- **pumping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-pumping)
- **purging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-purging)
- **pulsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-pulsing)
- **purring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-purring)
- **punting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-punting)
- **puzzling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulling-vs-puzzling)
- **piling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piling-vs-pulling)
- **puking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puking-vs-pulling)
- **plying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plying-vs-pulling)
- **pudding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pudding-vs-pulling)
- **peeling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peeling-vs-pulling)
- **pooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pooling-vs-pulling)
- **puffing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffing-vs-pulling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`pluling`, `ppulling`, `pulilng`, `puling`, `pullign`, `pullingg`, `pullinng`, `pullnig`, `uplling`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pulling