killed

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The verdict

“killed” is uncommon German (frequency #64,422 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,422
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs kill

Corpus desk

Index DE-killed · killed · German

killed · rank #64,422 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,422
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kennern

Nearest frequency peer: Kennern (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „killed“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „killed“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for killed
PropertyValue
Headwordkilled
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,422
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „killed“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).killedfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kennern“ (#64,421), „Kinderfilm“ (#64,423), „Kinderheilkunde“ (#64,424). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „killed“ bei #64,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

killed is uncommon German at frequency #64,422 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs kill".

killed has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is killed, spelled K-I-L-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs kill

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "killed"?
"killed" is spelled K-I-L-L-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "killed" mean?
As a verb, "killed" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs kill
How do you pronounce "killed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "killed" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "killed", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Klötze#64,427kniend#64,428Kniffe#64,429kahler#64,411

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list