# killing vs next

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### next
*adjective · IPA […] · frequency rank #9,246*
in einer Reihe folgend, nächster

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