# wich

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #38,688

## Definitions
1. Alternative spelling of wych (“brine spring or well”).
2. A wich town, particularly one of several former salt mining towns in Cheshire with a name ending -wich.

## Easily confused with
- **win** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-win)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wit)
- **Wii** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wii)
- **wig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wig)
- **wis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wis)
- **wiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wiz)
- **Wie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wie)
- **WTH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wth)
- **WTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wtc)
- **wid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wid)
- **wim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wim)
- **with** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-with)
- **will** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-will)
- **wife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wife)
- **wish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wish)
- **wide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wide)
- **wind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wind)
- **wild** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wild)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wine)
- **wins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wich-vs-wins)

## Common misspellings (6)
`iwch`, `wcih`, `wicch`, `wichh`, `wihc`, `wwich`

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