# says vs slay

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### says
*verb · IPA /sɛz/ · frequency rank #310*
third-person singular simple present indicative of say

### slay
*verb · IPA /sleɪ/ · frequency rank #18,433*
To kill; to murder.

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