# riches

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪt͡ʃɪz/ · frequency rank #13,594

## Definitions
1. Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
2. An abundance of anything desirable.

## Etymology
From Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English rīċe (“power, authority, dominion”). Confused with Middle English richesse (“wealth”), from Old French richesse, from riche (“rich, wealthy”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *rīki (“rich”) from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”), Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”). More at rich.

## Easily confused with
- **rises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-rises)
- **rides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-rides)
- **rites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-rites)
- **roche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-roche)
- **Ricks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-ricks)
- **rights** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-rights)
- **rifles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-rifles)
- **Richie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-richie)
- **ridges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-ridges)
- **rushes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-rushes)
- **richly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-richly)
- **Rickey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-rickey)
- **richest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-richest)
- **Richter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-richter)
- **richness** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riches-vs-richness)
- **rich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rich-vs-riches)
- **rice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rice-vs-riches)
- **races** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/races-vs-riches)
- **Rachel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rachel-vs-riches)
- **richer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/richer-vs-riches)

## Common misspellings (9)
`irches`, `rcihes`, `ricches`, `ricehs`, `richess`, `richhes`, `richse`, `rihces`, `rriches`

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