# chick vs crack

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### crack
*verb · IPA /kɹæk/ · frequency rank #3,551*
To form cracks.

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