pululan

[puˈlulãn]

/[puˈlulãn]/ verb

The verdict

“pululan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,173 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,173
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pulular.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pululan · pululan · Spanish

pululan · rank #51,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,173
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH provocadora

Nearest frequency peer: provocadora (-3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pululan”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pululan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pululan
PropertyValue
Headwordpululan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[puˈlulãn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,173
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “pululan” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.pululancae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “provocadora” (#51,170), “provisoria” (#51,169), “quiz” (#51,177). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pululan” va en #51,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pululan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,173 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [puˈlulãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pulular.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pululan, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pululan, spelled P-U-L-U-L-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pulular.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pululan"?
"pululan" is spelled P-U-L-U-L-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [puˈlulãn].
What does "pululan" mean?
As a verb, "pululan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de pulular.
How do you pronounce "pululan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pululan" is [puˈlulãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pululan" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pululan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list