# chief

> German word · Adjective · IPA [tʃiːf] · frequency rank #11,202

## Definitions
1. die meiste Wichtigkeit besitzend
2. den höchsten Rang besitzend

## Easily confused with
- **Chip** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chief-vs-chip)
- **China** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chief-vs-china)
- **Chips** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chief-vs-chips)
- **Chile** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chief-vs-chile)
- **chili** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chief-vs-chili)
- **child** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chief-vs-child)
- **chill** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chief-vs-chill)
- **Chiles** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chief-vs-chiles)
- **CHF** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chf-vs-chief)
- **chi** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chi-vs-chief)
- **chef** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chef-vs-chief)
- **cher** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/cher-vs-chief)
- **chic** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chic-vs-chief)
- **chez** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chez-vs-chief)
- **Chefs** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chefs-vs-chief)
- **Chick** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chick-vs-chief)
- **Chico** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/chico-vs-chief)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cchief`, `cheif`, `chhief`, `chieff`, `chife`, `cihef`, `hcief`

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