# kicken vs killen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### kicken
*verb · IPA [ˈkɪkn̩] · frequency rank #28,270*
etwas oder jemanden treten

### killen
*verb · IPA [ˈkɪlən] · frequency rank #35,268*
töten

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/kicken-vs-killen