# chief vs cliff

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### chief
*noun · IPA \tʃjef\ · frequency rank #26,667*
Tête.

### cliff
*noun · IPA \klɪf\ · frequency rank #23,486*
Falaise.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/chief-vs-cliff