# ich

> English word · Pronoun · IPA /iːt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #21,826

## Definitions
1. I.

## Etymology
From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). See also ch-, I.

## Easily confused with
- **in** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-in)
- **is** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-is)
- **it** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-it)
- **if** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-if)
- **II** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-ii)
- **ID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-id)
- **IV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-iv)
- **IP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-ip)
- **IQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-iq)
- **IG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-ig)
- **io** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-io)
- **IK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-ik)
- **iz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-iz)
- **IH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-ih)
- **IJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-ij)
- **its** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-its)
- **inc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-inc)
- **ill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-ill)
- **IDK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-idk)
- **ion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ich-vs-ion)

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