rich
\ɹɪt͡ʃ\
The verdict
“rich” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,863. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,863
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Riche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rich · rich · French
rich · rank #18,863 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,863
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH revendiquent
Nearest frequency peer: revendiquent (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rich »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- restauré
restauré
81,141 corpus weight
- retirent
retirent
81,140 corpus weight
- revendiquent
revendiquent
81,139 corpus weight
- rich
rich
81,138 corpus weight
- rossignol
rossignol
81,137 corpus weight
- râler
râler
81,136 corpus weight
What this shows « rich » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɹɪt͡ʃ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rich »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around rich (IPA \ɹɪt͡ʃ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,863 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for rich, with forms such as "irch", "rcih", and "ricch". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rio", "riz", "ris", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rich, spelled R-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Riche.
- 2Très savoureux par une abondance de crème, de sucre, de matières grasses etc.
- 3Se dit d'une affirmation ridicule, indigne de croyance ou hypocrite.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irch
- rcih
- ricch
- richh
- rihc
- rrich
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rich - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).