Which to use
“chip” and “chips” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,486
- “chip” frequency rank
- #17,900
- “chips” frequency rank
- 26386
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chip | chips |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pieza de material semiconductor en la que se embebe circuitos electrónicos, de la que salen materiales conductores que sirven para interactuar con los mismos. | Forma del plural de chip. |
Where the eye mixes chip and chips
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between chip and chips
A purely visual mix-up. chip ([ˈt͡ʃip]) and chips (/tʃɪps/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “chip” sits inside “chips”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chip is recorded at frequency rank #8,486, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃip]. chips is at rank #17,900, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tʃɪps/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 26386, this pair ranks #231,886 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chip vs chips
Shared letters: chip. Private to "chip": -. Private to "chips": s.
"chip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "chips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chip" for "chips" ever safe?
Which is more common, "chip" or "chips"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chip" and "chips" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chip" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chips" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,886 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chip" and "chips" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chips vs chop". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #231,886 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.