# chucks vs chunk

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chucks
*noun · IPA /t͡ʃʌks/ · frequency rank #45,274*
plural of chuck

### chunk
*noun · IPA /t͡ʃʌŋk/ · frequency rank #12,204*
A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

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