# chest

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃɛst/ · frequency rank #2,883

## Definitions
1. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
2. A coffin.
3. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
4. A chest of drawers.
5. The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.
6. The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso.
7. A female human's breasts.
8. A hit or blow made with one's chest.

## Etymology
From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”).

## Easily confused with
- **CST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-cst)
- **cost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-cost)
- **chew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-chew)
- **cues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-cues)
- **Chet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-chet)
- **cyst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-cyst)
- **chit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-chit)
- **chez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-chez)
- **coast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-coast)
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-chose)
- **crust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-crust)
- **crest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-crest)
- **chevy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-chevy)
- **crept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-crept)
- **chewy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-chewy)
- **cleft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-cleft)
- **chews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-chews)
- **Crist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-crist)
- **Christ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-christ)
- **chests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chest-vs-chests)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cchest`, `cehst`, `chesst`, `chestt`, `chets`, `chhest`, `chset`, `hcest`

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