# chief vs China

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### China
*name · IPA [ˈçiːna] · frequency rank #1,070*
Staat in Ostasien

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