# pulses

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,928

## Definitions
1. plural of pulse

## Easily confused with
- **puss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulses-vs-puss)
- **purse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulses-vs-purse)
- **pulse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulse-vs-pulses)
- **pulls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulls-vs-pulses)
- **poles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poles-vs-pulses)
- **piles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piles-vs-pulses)
- **pales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pales-vs-pulses)
- **pubes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pubes-vs-pulses)
- **plies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plies-vs-pulses)
- **pulled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulled-vs-pulses)
- **passes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-pulses)
- **phases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phases-vs-pulses)
- **pisses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pisses-vs-pulses)
- **pulley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulley-vs-pulses)
- **pulsed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsed-vs-pulses)
- **pulsar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulsar-vs-pulses)
- **puller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puller-vs-pulses)
- **Paulsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paulsen-vs-pulses)
- **pulleys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pulleys-vs-pulses)

## Common misspellings (8)
`pluses`, `ppulses`, `puless`, `pullses`, `pulsess`, `pulsses`, `pusles`, `uplses`

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