riches

\ʁiʃ\

/\ʁiʃ\/ adj

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The verdict

“riches” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,298. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,298
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de riche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-riches · riches · French

riches · rank #2,298 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,298
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reconnaissance

Nearest frequency peer: reconnaissance (-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 « riches »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « riches » 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).

riches vs ries
67% similar
riches vs roche
67% similar
riches vs rires
67% similar

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

Key facts for riches
PropertyValue
Headwordriches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁiʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,298
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « riches »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).richesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reconnaissance » (#2,297), « rythme » (#2,299), « promis » (#2,296). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « riches » est au #2,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around riches (IPA \ʁiʃ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,298 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de riche.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for riches, with forms such as "irches", "rcihes", and "ricches". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ries", "roche", "rires", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is riches, spelled R-I-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de riche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Après trois mois, je commençais à ne plus me contenter de la part qui m’était faite, et je caressais doucement la main d’Henriette en essayant de transborder ainsi les riches voluptés qui m’embrasaient.
  2. Sous son chapeau, à bords retroussés, apparaissaient, riches et crépus, des cheveux plutôt roux que blonds.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irches
  • rcihes
  • ricches
  • ricehs
  • richess
  • richhes
  • richse
  • rihces
  • rriches

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of riches - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

irches2rcihes2ricches1ricehs2richess1richhes1richse2rihces2
Edit distance from "riches"

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 "riches"?
"riches" is spelled R-I-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁiʃ\.
What does "riches" mean?
As an adjective, "riches" means: Pluriel de riche.
What words are commonly confused with "riches"?
"riches" is commonly confused with "ries", "roche", "rires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "riches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "riches" is \ʁiʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "riches" come from?
"riches" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rythme#2,299promis#2,296amitié#2,307Nantes#2,289

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

devons9 variantsgentil9 variantsplateau9 variantsréduit9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list