# chick

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃɪk/ · frequency rank #6,223

## Definitions
1. A young bird.
2. A young bird.
3. An attractive, young woman; or, more generally, a woman.
4. A friendly fighter aircraft.
5. A young child.

## Etymology
From Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”). Sense of "young woman" dates to at least 1860 (compare chit (“young, pert woman”)). More at chicken.

## Easily confused with
- **chip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chip)
- **cock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-cock)
- **chin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chin)
- **chit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chit)
- **Chiu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chiu)
- **cuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-cuck)
- **choc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-choc)
- **child** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-child)
- **chief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chief)
- **China** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-china)
- **click** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-click)
- **clock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-clock)
- **crack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-crack)
- **chips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chips)
- **chill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chill)
- **chuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chuck)
- **Chile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chile)
- **chili** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chili)
- **chunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-chunk)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chick-vs-ching)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cchick`, `chcik`, `chhick`, `chicck`, `chickk`, `chikc`, `cihck`, `hcick`

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