pulse

//ˈpʊlzə// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,101

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

pulse is aPortugueseverb. It means: flexão do verbo pulsen Pronounced /ˈpʊlzə/. Often confused with push and puré.

Key facts for pulse
PropertyValue
Headwordpulse
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈpʊlzə/
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,101
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pulse in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pulse is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpʊlzə/. Corpus data places it at rank #29,101 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "flexão do verbo pulsen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for pulse, with forms such as "pluse", "ppulse", and "pules". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "push", "puré", "pulso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is pulse, spelled P-U-L-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    flexão do verbo pulsen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pluse,ppulse,pules,pullse,pulsse,pusle,uplse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pulse

Misspelling Variants of "pulse"

pluse5ppulse6pules5pullse6pulsse6pusle5uplse5
Misspelling Variants of "pulse"

Frequency rank: #29,101 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pulse"?
"pulse" is spelled P-U-L-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpʊlzə/.
What does "pulse" mean?
As a verb, "pulse" means: flexão do verbo pulsen
What words are commonly confused with "pulse"?
"pulse" is commonly confused with "push", "puré", "pulso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pulse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pulse" is /ˈpʊlzə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pulse" come from?
"pulse" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.