# killed vs kills

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### killed
*verb · IPA /kɪld/ · frequency rank #607*
simple past and past participle of kill

### kills
*noun · IPA /kɪlz/ · frequency rank #4,028*
plural of kill

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