chap
[t͡ʃæp]
The verdict
“chap” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Kerl, der Typ
Corpus desk
Index DE-chap · chap · German
chap · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chap |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃæp] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „chap“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
chap is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃæp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
chap doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is chap, spelled C-H-A-P.
Definition
- 1der Kerl, der Typ
- 2der Kunde, der Käufer, der Abnehmer
- 3das Baby, das Kind
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chap appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Who’s that chap over there?
Mr Smith is a regular chap of ours.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.