# slain vs slave

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### slain
*verb · IPA /sleɪn/ · frequency rank #14,221*
past participle of slay

### slave
*noun · IPA /sleɪv/ · frequency rank #4,270*
A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

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