chip in
"chip-in" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chip in” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chip-in · chip in · English
chip in · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chip in |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chip in” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chip in is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
chip in has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is chip in, spelled C-H-I-P- -I-N.
Definition
- 1To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something.
- 2To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something.
- 3To contribute (something).
- 4To ante; to put into the pot the amount of chips or money required to continue.
- 5To interrupt a discussion for the purpose of making a comment.
- 6To put a chip shot in the hole.
- 7To join in (something); to butt in or contribute (something) to a conversation; to say (something).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chip in appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If we all chip in, we can afford to buy a pizza for lunch.
It was England up the right, with Jordan Henderson – back in the starting XI for Kalvin Phillips – chipping in, too, popping up in inside positions to flip over a couple of dangerous crosses.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.