Which to use
“Chips” is a noun and “clips” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,741
- “Chips” frequency rank
- #13,116
- “clips” frequency rank
- 20857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Chips | clips |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Chip | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs clip |
Letter map: Chips vs clips
Shared letters muted; letters that set Chips and clips apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Chips / clips
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Chips is anoun and clipsaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - h in “Chips” becomes l in “clips”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Chips is recorded at frequency rank #7,741, classified as anoun, pronounced [t͡ʃɪps]. clips is at rank #13,116, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
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 20857, this pair ranks #1,892,944 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Chips vs clips
Shared letters: cips. Private to "Chips": h. Private to "clips": l.
"Chips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "clips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Chips" for "clips" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Chips" vs "clips" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "Chips" vs "clips" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Chips" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clips" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,892,944 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Chips" and "clips" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clips 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 #1,892,944 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.