# checken vs chicken

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### checken
*verb · IPA [ˈt͡ʃɛkn̩] · frequency rank #11,025*
neudeutsch, überprüfen

### chicken
*noun · IPA [ˈtʃɪkɪn] · frequency rank #17,550*
Huhn

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