# chunk

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃʌŋk/ · frequency rank #12,204

## Definitions
1. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
2. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
3. A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic.
4. A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
5. A segment of a comedian's performance.

## Etymology
Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.). Also compare Dutch schonk.

## Easily confused with
- **cunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-cunt)
- **cuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-cuck)
- **cuny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-cuny)
- **count** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-count)
- **crank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-crank)
- **chute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-chute)
- **churn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-churn)
- **clung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-clung)
- **clank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-clank)
- **clink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-clink)
- **chunks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-chunks)
- **chunky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-chunky)
- **clunky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chunk-vs-clunky)
- **chu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chu-vs-chunk)
- **chan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chan-vs-chunk)
- **chin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chin-vs-chunk)
- **Chen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chen-vs-chunk)
- **Chun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chun-vs-chunk)
- **chum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chum-vs-chunk)
- **chug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chug-vs-chunk)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cchunk`, `chhunk`, `chnuk`, `chukn`, `chunkk`, `chunnk`, `cuhnk`, `hcunk`

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