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ul

contraction, noun, verb

ul is spelled U-L: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a contraction, ul means “Alternative form of ull” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in ul?

Letters2: U-L
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing3.5 times per million words; the 14,106th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 ul?

Ul appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 14,106th 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 ul?

    Ul 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).

    Words people confuse with ul

    Also written: ull.

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    Forms of ul

    • uls plural, present, singular, he/she/it
    • uling participle, present
    • uled participle, past

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does ul mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    contraction

    1. 1

      Alternative form of ull

    noun

    as UL
    1. 1

      Initialism of upload.

    2. 2

      Initialism of Tolerable upper intake levels.

    3. 3

      Abbreviation of unleaded fuel/gasoline/petrol/avgas.

    verb

    as UL
    1. 1

      To upload.

    adjective

    as UL
    1. 1

      Abbreviation of unleaded.

    noun

    1. 1

      Alternative form of UL (“upload”).

    verb

    1. 1

      Alternative form of UL (“upload”).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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