riche

\ʁiʃ\

/\ʁiʃ\/ adj

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The verdict

“riche” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,420
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a beaucoup de fortune, qui possède de grands biens, de grandes richesses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-riche · riche · French

riche · rank #1,420 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,420
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH possibilité

Nearest frequency peer: possibilité (-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 « riche »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « riche » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

riche vs rie
60% similar
riche vs rire
60% similar
riche vs rive
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for riche
PropertyValue
Headwordriche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁiʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,420
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « riche »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.richese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « possibilité » (#1,419), « régions » (#1,421), « perte » (#1,418). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « riche » est au #1,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around riche (IPA \ʁiʃ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,420 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Qui a beaucoup de fortune, qui possède de grands biens, de grandes richesses.
  2. 2
    Pourvu.
  3. 3
    Abondant ; fertile.
  4. 4
    Qui est de grand prix, magnifique.
  5. 5
    Accompagné d’ornements précieux par la matière ou par le travail.
  6. 6
    Fécond en idées, en images.
  7. 7
    Chaud et varié.
  8. 8
    Musicalement puissant et varié, utilisant les diverses combinaisons d’accords, des diverses combinaisons instrumentales.
  9. 9
    Dont au moins les trois derniers phonèmes constituent la rime.
  10. 10
    En parlant d'un cheval de course, qui a remporté beaucoup de gains.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how riche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […], j’ai bien cru que c’était une de ces femmes comme on en voit beaucoup, qui prennent un mari pour avoir une contenance, qui le choisissent riche pour se donner du bon temps, et bête pour le duper sans danger.
  2. La société capitaliste est tellement riche, et l’avenir lui apparaît sous des couleurs si optimistes qu’elle supporte des charges effroyables sans trop se plaindre: […].

Synonyms

aiséargentéblindébraiseuxbourgeoiscossudouillardfortunéhuppénantipété de thunesplein aux asrentérichardrupinsuiffardcopieuxabondantplantureuxopulent

Antonyms

modestepauvre

This word in other languages

rich(English)acaudalado(Español)ausgiebig(Deutsch)rico(Português)

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.

irche2rcihe2ricche1riceh2richhe1rihce2rriche1
Edit distance from "riche"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "riche"?
"riche" is spelled R-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁiʃ\.
What does "riche" mean?
As an adjective, "riche" means: Qui a beaucoup de fortune, qui possède de grands biens, de grandes richesses.
What words are commonly confused with "riche"?
"riche" is commonly confused with "rie", "rire", "rive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "riche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "riche" is \ʁiʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "riche" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "riche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perte#1,418jeudi#1,414unité#1,427dites#1,409

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

belles7 variantssites7 variantslance7 variantsappeler7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list