# chic vs chief

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### chic
*adjective · IPA [ʃɪk] · frequency rank #25,087*
von Mode und Geschmack zeugend

### 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/chic-vs-chief