# Chefs vs chief

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Chefs
*noun · IPA [ʃɛfs] · frequency rank #8,998*
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Chef

### chief
*adjective · IPA [tʃiːf] · frequency rank #11,202*
die meiste Wichtigkeit besitzend

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