Which to use
“killer” and “killers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,574
- “killer” frequency rank
- #46,849
- “killers” frequency rank
- 66423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | killer | killers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tueur. | Pluriel de killer. |
Same sound, different letters: killer vs killers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: killer vs killers
This is the hard kind. killer and killers are pronounced identically (\ki.lœʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “killer” sits inside “killers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
killer is recorded at frequency rank #19,574, classified as anoun, pronounced \ki.lœʁ\. killers is at rank #46,849, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ki.lœʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 66423, this pair ranks #67,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of killer vs killers
Shared letters: eiklr. Private to "killer": -. Private to "killers": s.
"killer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "killers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "killer" and "killers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "killer" or "killers"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "killer" / "killers". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "killer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "killers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "killer" and "killers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kicker vs killer". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #67,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.