ChipsvscorpsTell them apart

Which to use

“Chips” and “corps” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,741
“Chips” frequency rank
#13,119
“corps” frequency rank
20860
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chips corps
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Chip Körper, Leib

Where the eye mixes Chips and corps

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Chips
5 ch
corps

Look-alike desk: Chips vs corps

A purely visual mix-up. Chips ([t͡ʃɪps]) and corps ([kɔʁ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20860, 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]. corps is at rank #13,119, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kɔʁ].

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 20860, this pair ranks #1,892,910 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Chips vs corps

Shared letters: cps. Private to "Chips": hi. Private to "corps": or.

"Chips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "corps" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Chipscchips · chhips · chipps · chipss · chisp · chpis · cihps · hcips
  • corpsccorps · coprs · corpps · corpss · corrps · corsp · crops · ocrps

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Chips" and "corps" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t͡ʃɪps] versus [kɔʁ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Chips" or "corps"?
"Chips" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,741 in our German list, against #13,119 for "corps". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Chips" and "corps" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Chips" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,892,910 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chips" and "corps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chorus vs corps". 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 #1,892,910 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list