# child vs chord

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### child
*noun · IPA /tʃaɪld/ · frequency rank #500*
A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).

### chord
*noun · IPA /kɔːd/ · frequency rank #12,019*
A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

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