ich

/\iːt͡ʃ\/ pron

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,841

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ich is aFrenchpron. It means: Je (première personne du singulier nominatif). Pronounced \iːt͡ʃ\. Often confused with il and ii.

Key facts for ich
PropertyValue
Headwordich
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPron
IPA\iːt͡ʃ\
Letters3
Frequency rank#27,841
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ich in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ich is 3 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \iːt͡ʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,841 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Je (première personne du singulier nominatif).".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ich in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "il", "ii", "it", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ich, spelled I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Je (première personne du singulier nominatif).

Frequency rank: #27,841 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ich"?
"ich" is spelled I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \iːt͡ʃ\.
What does "ich" mean?
As a pron, "ich" means: Je (première personne du singulier nominatif).
What words are commonly confused with "ich"?
"ich" is commonly confused with "il", "ii", "it". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ich" is \iːt͡ʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ich" come from?
"ich" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter I in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.