# kills vs kiln

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### kiln
*noun · IPA /kɪln/ · frequency rank #25,113*
An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

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