Which to use
“chips” and “clip” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,366
- “chips” frequency rank
- #4,413
- “clip” frequency rank
- 15779
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chips | clip |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Très fine tranche de pommes de terre frite dans l’huile, saupoudrée légèrement de sel ou assaisonnée. | Vidéo musicale, œuvre multimédia, principalement audiovisuelle et communément courte, réalisée pour promouvoir une chanson. |
Where the eye mixes chips and clip
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses chips with clip
A purely visual mix-up. chips (\ʃips\) and clip (\klip\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chips is recorded at frequency rank #11,366, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃips\. clip is at rank #4,413, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klip\.
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 15779, this pair ranks #390,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chips vs clip
Shared letters: cip. Private to "chips": hs. Private to "clip": l.
"chips" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "clip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chips" and "clip" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "chips" or "clip"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "chips" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clip" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,885 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chips" and "clip" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chips vs CIP". 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 #390,885 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.