# chives

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃaɪvz/ · frequency rank #45,841

## Definitions
1. plural of chive

## Easily confused with
- **cries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chives-vs-cries)
- **Clive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chives-vs-clive)
- **cites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chives-vs-cites)
- **crimes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chives-vs-crimes)
- **curves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chives-vs-curves)
- **crises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chives-vs-crises)
- **cloves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chives-vs-cloves)
- **chokes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chives-vs-chokes)
- **craves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chives-vs-craves)
- **choices** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chives-vs-choices)
- **chief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chief-vs-chives)
- **chips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chips-vs-chives)
- **Chile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chile-vs-chives)
- **caves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caves-vs-chives)
- **chime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chime-vs-chives)
- **chins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chins-vs-chives)
- **chiefs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiefs-vs-chives)
- **chicks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chicks-vs-chives)
- **chills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chills-vs-chives)
- **calves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calves-vs-chives)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cchives`, `chhives`, `chievs`, `chivess`, `chivse`, `chivves`, `chvies`, `cihves`, `hcives`

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