Richard
/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/
"richard" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Richard” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,703
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Corpus desk
Index EN-richard · Richard · English
Richard · rank #1,703 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,703
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH removed
Nearest frequency peer: removed (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Richard”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- negative
negative
98,301 corpus weight
- prevent
prevent
98,300 corpus weight
- removed
removed
98,299 corpus weight
- Richard
Richard
98,298 corpus weight
- spirit
spirit
98,297 corpus weight
- television
television
98,296 corpus weight
What this shows “Richard” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Richard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Richard”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Richard (IPA /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,703 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Richard, with forms such as "irchard", "rcihard", and "ricahrd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "richer", "Rickard", "Richards", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus and Ricohardus, from Frankish *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) + *harduz (“hard, brave”). Cognate with Old High German Rī… The correct English form is Richard, spelled R-I-C-H-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 2A surname originating as a patronymic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Richard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What! do I fear myself? there's no one else by; / Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
But we have known Williams and Richards, names not found in sacred story, but familiar to our country, prove as gracious saints as any Safe deliverance, Fight the good fight of faith, or such like,
Etymology
From Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus and Ricohardus, from Frankish *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) + *harduz (“hard, brave”). Cognate with Old High German Rīcohard (“Richard”). A hypothetical Old English equivalent *Rīċheard would also yield an identical "Richard" in Modern English, though it is unknown if the Old English equivalent existed.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irchard
- rcihard
- ricahrd
- ricchard
- richadr
- richardd
- richarrd
- richhard
- richrad
- rihcard
- rrichard
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Richard - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Richard", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).