richen
/ˈɹɪt͡ʃən/verb
richen is a verb meaning “To make or render rich or richer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-I-C-H-E-N, and it appears about once in every 89 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does richen mean?
verb
- 1
To make or render rich or richer.
- 2
To become rich or richer; become superior in quality, condition or effectiveness.
- 3
To gain richness; become heightened or intensified in brilliancy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce richen?
- UK /ˈɹɪt͡ʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of richen
- richens present, singular, he/she/it
- richening participle, present
- richened participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is richen?
Richen appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does richen come from?
From rich + -en.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).