Which to use
“childs” and “chins” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,202
- “childs” frequency rank
- #42,057
- “chins” frequency rank
- 65259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | childs | chins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of child | plural of chin |
Letter map: childs vs chins
Shared letters muted; letters that set childs and chins apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. childs runs 6 letters (CCVCCC) against chins's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: childs and chins
childs and chins are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
childs is recorded at frequency rank #23,202, classified as anoun. chins is at rank #42,057, tagged as anoun, pronounced /t͡ʃɪnz/.
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 65259, this pair ranks #73,661 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of childs vs chins
Shared letters: chis. Private to "childs": dl. Private to "chins": n.
"childs" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "chins" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "childs" and "chins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "childs" or "chins"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "childs" and "chins".
- Full dictionary entry for "childs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,661 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "childs" and "chins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chins vs chums". 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 #73,661 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.