# killen vs killing

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### killing
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #40,029*
Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs kill

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