killed
/kɪld/
The verdict
“killed” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,664 among 3,662 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,664
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,662
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Asesinó, asesinado, pasado y participio pasado del verbo kill.
Corpus desk
Index ES-killed · killed · Spanish
killed · rank #74,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,664
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,662
- PHOTO-FINISH kevlar
Nearest frequency peer: kevlar (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “killed”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- kaki
kaki
25,341 corpus weight
- kevlar
kevlar
25,338 corpus weight
- killed
killed
25,337 corpus weight
- kiri
kiri
25,336 corpus weight
- kof
kof
25,334 corpus weight
- Kubo
Kubo
25,332 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “killed” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | killed |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kɪld/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “killed” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
killed is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,664 among 3,662 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /kɪld/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Asesinó, asesinado, pasado y participio pasado del verbo kill.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for killed, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is killed, spelled K-I-L-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Asesinó, asesinado, pasado y participio pasado del verbo kill.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.