# chick vs clack

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chick
*noun · IPA /t͡ʃɪk/ · frequency rank #6,223*
A young bird.

### clack
*noun · IPA /klæk/ · frequency rank #46,381*
An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.

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