Which to use
“chock” and “crick” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,430
- “chock” frequency rank
- #36,944
- “crick” frequency rank
- 71374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chock | crick |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling. | A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. |
Where the eye mixes chock and crick
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. chock and crick follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: chock vs crick
A purely visual mix-up. chock (/tʃɒk/) and crick (/kɹɪk/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chock is recorded at frequency rank #34,430, classified as anoun, pronounced /tʃɒk/. crick is at rank #36,944, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹɪk/.
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 71374, this pair ranks #46,990 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chock vs crick
Shared letters: ck. Private to "chock": ho. Private to "crick": ir.
"chock" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "crick" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chock" for "crick" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "chock" or "crick" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "chock" and "crick" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chock" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crick" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,990 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chock" and "crick" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crick vs Crist". 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 #46,990 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.