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“cheque” and “cheques” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,124
- “cheque” frequency rank
- #25,319
- “cheques” frequency rank
- 40443
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cheque | cheques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity. | plural of cheque |
Where the eye mixes cheque and cheques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cheque vs cheques
A purely visual mix-up. cheque (/t͡ʃɛk/) and cheques (/t͡ʃɛks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cheque” sits inside “cheques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cheque is recorded at frequency rank #15,124, classified as anoun, pronounced /t͡ʃɛk/. cheques is at rank #25,319, tagged as anoun, pronounced /t͡ʃɛks/.
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 40443, this pair ranks #267,564 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cheque vs cheques
Shared letters: cehqu. Private to "cheque": -. Private to "cheques": s.
"cheque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "cheques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cheque" and "cheques" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "cheque" or "cheques" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cheque" and "cheques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cheque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cheques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,564 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cheque" and "cheques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cheque vs cinque". 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 #267,564 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.