# cher vs chief

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### cher
*adjective · IPA [ʃɛʁ] · frequency rank #21,929*
teuer, hold, lieb, wert

### 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/cher-vs-chief