# chirp

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃɜːp/ · frequency rank #37,378

## Definitions
1. A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
2. A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse; the quality of having a such a variation in frequency.

## Etymology
From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyrpynge, chyrypynge (“chirping”). Compare Middle English chirken and chirmen. More at chirk, chirm. Compare also Middle English chirten (“to smack, chirrup”).

## Easily confused with
- **CHP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-chp)
- **CHR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-chr)
- **CIP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-cip)
- **clip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-clip)
- **chop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-chop)
- **chit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-chit)
- **Chiu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-chiu)
- **choir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-choir)
- **crisp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-crisp)
- **chord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-chord)
- **chore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-chore)
- **churn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-churn)
- **chump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-chump)
- **CSIRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-csiro)
- **crimp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirp-vs-crimp)
- **chi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chi-vs-chirp)
- **chip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chip-vs-chirp)
- **chin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-chirp)
- **chic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chic-vs-chirp)
- **chap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chap-vs-chirp)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cchirp`, `chhirp`, `chipr`, `chirpp`, `chirrp`, `chrip`, `cihrp`, `hcirp`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chirp