# kill vs krill

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### kill
*verb · IPA /kɪl/ · frequency rank #852*
To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

### krill
*noun · IPA /kɹɪl/ · frequency rank #45,475*
Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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