# chums vs CMS

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chums
*noun · IPA /t͡ʃʌmz/ · frequency rank #46,980*
plural of chum

### CMS
*name · frequency rank #18,042*
Initialism of Chicago Manual of Style.

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