# pulsed

> English word · Verb · IPA /pʌlst/ · frequency rank #35,470

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of pulse

## Easily confused with
- **purse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsed-vs-purse)
- **pushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsed-vs-pushed)
- **pumped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsed-vs-pumped)
- **pulses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsed-vs-pulses)
- **pursued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsed-vs-pursued)
- **pled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pled-vs-pulsed)
- **pulse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulse-vs-pulsed)
- **posed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posed-vs-pulsed)
- **piled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piled-vs-pulsed)
- **plied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plied-vs-pulsed)
- **passed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passed-vs-pulsed)
- **pulled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulled-vs-pulsed)
- **pissed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pissed-vs-pulsed)
- **poised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poised-vs-pulsed)
- **paused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paused-vs-pulsed)
- **phased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phased-vs-pulsed)
- **polled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/polled-vs-pulsed)
- **pulley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulley-vs-pulsed)
- **puffed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puffed-vs-pulsed)
- **pulsar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsar-vs-pulsed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`plused`, `ppulsed`, `pulesd`, `pullsed`, `pulsde`, `pulsedd`, `pulssed`, `pusled`, `uplsed`

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