ichi
The verdict
“ichi” is uncommon French (frequency #51,526 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,526
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Variante de ici.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ichi · ichi · French
ichi · rank #51,526 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,526
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH icebergs
Nearest frequency peer: icebergs (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ichi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hydravion
hydravion
48,479 corpus weight
- hypersensib…
hypersensibilité
48,478 corpus weight
- icebergs
icebergs
48,476 corpus weight
- ichi
ichi
48,475 corpus weight
- ignares
ignares
48,473 corpus weight
- imaginaient
imaginaient
48,472 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ichi” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ichi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ichi” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ichi is uncommon French at frequency #51,526 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de ici.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ichi, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ichi, spelled I-C-H-I.
Definition
- 1Variante de ici.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ichi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or fu ichi boneuree
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.