checksvsChickTell them apart

Which to use

“checks” and “Chick” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,692
“checks” frequency rank
#33,514
“Chick” frequency rank
69206
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature checks Chick
Definition Plural des Substantivs check Mädchen

Letter map: checks vs Chick

Shared letters muted; letters that set checks and Chick apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
checks
5 ch
Chick

Spelling & dictionary notes on checks vs Chick

checks and Chick are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

checks is recorded at frequency rank #35,692, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Chick is at rank #33,514, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t͡ʃɪk].

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 69206, this pair ranks #483,737 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of checks vs Chick

Shared letters: chk. Private to "checks": es. Private to "Chick": i.

"checks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC  ·  "Chick" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • checkscchecks · cehcks · chceks · checcks · checkks · checkss · checsk · chekcs
  • Chickcchick · chcik · chhick · chicck · chickk · chikc · cihck · hcick

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "checks" and "Chick" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "checks" vs "Chick" - which ranks higher?
"Chick" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,514 in our German list, against #35,692 for "checks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "checks" vs "Chick" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "checks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Chick" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #483,737 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "checks" and "Chick" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "checks vs puzzles". 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 #483,737 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list