pulse

The filled squares are the 2 vowels — 2 of 5 letters. In the size-ranked list, pulse sits in the everyday tier.

Letters

58,636 words share the length

Syllables

1stress on the first

Anagrams

1pules

One letter away

2purse, dulse

• noun(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
• nounthe rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
• nounthe rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health

The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary reads it as p ah1 l s — one syllable, the stress on syllable 1.

1 words share everything from the last stressed vowel on — that is what counts as a rhyme here.

• repulse

One other word use exactly these letters: pules.

• purse
• dulse

Same length, one position changed. <1% of the 8,636 words this long are a neighbour.

• 5 letter words8,636
• Starts P14,566
• Starts PU824
• Ends E
• 5 letters starting P

Tier: everyday. The tiers come from the English Speller Database and rank by list size, not by how often a word is used — see where the words come from.