# rich

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹɪt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #1,318

## Definitions
1. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
2. Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
3. Remunerative.
4. Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
5. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
6. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
7. Not faint or delicate; vivid.
8. Very amusing.
9. Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, especially in a galling, hypocritical, or brazen way.
10. Pornographic; titillating.
11. Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
12. Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration.
13. Of a solute-solvent solution: not weak (not diluted); of strong concentration.
14. Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.

## Etymology
From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English rīċe (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīkī (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“kingly, powerful, rich”), from Proto-Germanic *rīks (“king, ruler”), an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs. Reinforced by Old French riche, from the same West Germanic source.

## Easily confused with
- **rid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rid)
- **Rio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rio)
- **rip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rip)
- **rig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rig)
- **rim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rim)
- **roc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-roc)
- **rin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rin)
- **RNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rnc)
- **Roh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-roh)
- **RTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rtc)
- **rit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rit)
- **risk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-risk)
- **rock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rock)
- **ride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-ride)
- **ring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-ring)
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rise)
- **rush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rush)
- **rick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-rick)
- **riot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-riot)
- **ruth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-ruth)

## Common misspellings (6)
`irch`, `rcih`, `ricch`, `richh`, `rihc`, `rrich`

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