chuck

Name: chuck, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/t͡ʃʌk/

//t͡ʃʌk// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“chuck” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,399. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,399
frequency rank, English: 5,599
“C” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

Corpus desk

Index EN-chuck · chuck · English

chuck · rank #5,399 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #5,399
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,599
PHOTO-FINISH chemicals

Nearest frequency peer: chemicals (-1 rank slots)

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.

celebrating

94,605
charging

94,604
chemicals

94,603
chuck

94,602
cinema

94,601
colonial

94,600

What this shows “chuck” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chuck vs cock

60% similar

chuck vs Chun

40% similar

chuck vs chum

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chuck
Property	Value
Headword	chuck
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/t͡ʃʌk/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#5,399
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “chuck”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).chucklands here:

#5,399

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “chemicals” (#5,398), “cinema” (#5,400), “charging” (#5,397). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “chuck” is #5,399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around chuck (IPA /t͡ʃʌk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,399 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chuck, with forms such as "cchuck", "chcuk", and "chhuck". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cock", "Chun", "chum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of chock. The correct English form is chuck, spelled C-H-U-C-K.

Definition

1
Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
2
Food.
3
A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chuck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Arm chucks represent approximately 54% of the beef forequarters.
Often, pieces of the chuck are sold boneless as flat chunks of meat or rolled and tied.

Etymology

Variant of chock.

This word in other languages

mandril(Español)mandrin(Français)Spannfutter(Deutsch)pá(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cchuck
chcuk
chhuck
chucck
chuckk
chukc
cuhck
hcuck

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chuck - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "chuck"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chuck"?

"chuck" is spelled C-H-U-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is /t͡ʃʌk/.

What does "chuck" mean?

As a noun, "chuck" means: Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

What words are commonly confused with "chuck"?

"chuck" is commonly confused with "cock", "Chun", "chum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "chuck"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chuck" is /t͡ʃʌk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "chuck"?

Variant of chock. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chuck", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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