# knelt vs knew

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### knelt
*verb · IPA /nɛlt/ · frequency rank #37,057*
simple past and past participle of kneel.

### 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/knelt-vs-knew