riche
\ʁiʃ\
The verdict
“riche” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,420 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,420
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a beaucoup de fortune, qui possède de grands biens, de grandes richesses.
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 | riche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁiʃ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “riche” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for riche is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁiʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,420 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for riche, with forms such as "irche", "rcihe", and "ricche". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rie", "rire", "rive", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is riche, spelled R-I-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a beaucoup de fortune, qui possède de grands biens, de grandes richesses.
- 2Pourvu.
- 3Abondant ; fertile.
- 4Qui est de grand prix, magnifique.
- 5Accompagné d’ornements précieux par la matière ou par le travail.
- 6Fécond en idées, en images.
- 7Chaud et varié.
- 8Musicalement puissant et varié, utilisant les diverses combinaisons d’accords, des diverses combinaisons instrumentales.
- 9Dont au moins les trois derniers phonèmes constituent la rime.
- 10En parlant d'un cheval de course, qui a remporté beaucoup de gains.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: irche,rcihe,ricche,riceh,richhe,rihce,rriche
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of riche - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “riche”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-I-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁiʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “rie” - see the side-by-side comparison. riche vs rie
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.