killa

\ki.la\

/\ki.la\/ verb

The verdict

“killa” is uncommon French (frequency #80,346 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,346
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de killer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-killa · killa · French

killa · rank #80,346 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,346
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kidnappeurs

Nearest frequency peer: kidnappeurs (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « killa »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « killa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for killa
PropertyValue
Headwordkilla
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ki.la\
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,346
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « killa » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.killatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « kidnappeurs » (#80,345), « kot » (#80,348), « khatib » (#80,343). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « killa » est au #80,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

killa is uncommon French at frequency #80,346 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ki.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de killer.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for killa in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is killa, spelled K-I-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de killer.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "killa"?
"killa" is spelled K-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ki.la\.
What does "killa" mean?
As a verb, "killa" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de killer.
How do you pronounce "killa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "killa" is \ki.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "killa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list