# kneel vs knew

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### kneel
*verb · IPA /niːl/ · frequency rank #21,255*
To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

### knew
*verb · IPA /ˈnjuː/ · frequency rank #635*
simple past of know

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