# chant vs Cheng

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chant
*verb · IPA /t͡ʃɑːnt/ · frequency rank #12,938*
To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

### Cheng
*name · IPA /t͡ʃɛŋ/ · frequency rank #17,789*
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

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