# chock

> English word · Noun · IPA /tʃɒk/ · frequency rank #34,430

## Definitions
1. Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
2. Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.

## Etymology
From Middle English *chokke (possibly attested in Middle English chokkefull), from Anglo-Norman choque (compare modern Norman chouque), from an Old Northern French variant of Old French çouche, çouche (“block, log”), of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *tsukka (compare Breton soc’h (“thick”), Old Irish tócht (“part, piece”), itself borrowed from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz. Doublet of stock.

## Easily confused with
- **CoC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-coc)
- **cook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-cook)
- **cock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-cock)
- **chop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-chop)
- **cork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-cork)
- **coca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-coca)
- **Choi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-choi)
- **coco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-coco)
- **chow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-chow)
- **choo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-choo)
- **chou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-chou)
- **croc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-croc)
- **Choy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-choy)
- **cuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-cuck)
- **click** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-click)
- **chose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-chose)
- **clock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-clock)
- **crack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-crack)
- **chuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-chuck)
- **choir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chock-vs-choir)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cchock`, `chcok`, `chhock`, `chocck`, `chockk`, `chokc`, `cohck`, `hcock`

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