# kills vs krill

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### 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: 2026-05-06.
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