stull
noun
stull is spelled S-T-U-L-L: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stull means “A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stull is stulls.
How many letters and syllables are in stull?
| Letters | 5: S-T-U-L-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th 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 stull?
Stull appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 stull?
- US
Stull has one syllable (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-stull.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stull
- stulls plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stull mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish or to protect miners from falling stones.
- 2
Any timber prop to support a structure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does stull come from?
Related to German Stollen (“stull”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stullô (“support, post, beam”), but its route into English is uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle High German stolle. Doublet of stollen. Compare also stum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).