richesse

\ʁi.ʃɛs\

/\ʁi.ʃɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“richesse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,166
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opulence ; abondance de biens.

Corpus desk

Index FR-richesse · richesse · French

richesse · rank #3,166 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,166
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rendent

Nearest frequency peer: rendent (-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 « richesse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « richesse » 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).

richesse vs rocheuse
75% similar
richesse vs richesses
89% similar
richesse vs riches
75% similar

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

Key facts for richesse
PropertyValue
Headwordrichesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.ʃɛs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,166
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « richesse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).richessese 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 « rendent » (#3,165), « révèle » (#3,167), « refus » (#3,164). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « richesse » est au #3,166. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around richesse (IPA \ʁi.ʃɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,166 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for richesse, with forms such as "irchesse", "rcihesse", and "ricchesse". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "rocheuse", "richesses", "riches", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is richesse, spelled R-I-C-H-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opulence ; abondance de biens.
  2. 2
    Abondance des productions naturelles.
  3. 3
    Chose dont la matière ou les ornements sont riches et précieux.
  4. 4
    Fécondité en idées et en images, en parlant des ouvrages de l’esprit.
  5. 5
    Abondance d’une langue en expressions et en tours.
  6. 6
    Exactitude, justesse de rimes portée au-delà de ce qui suffit.
  7. 7
    Éclat du coloris d’un tableau ; le talent de coloriste d’un peintre.
  8. 8
    Puissance et variété des combinaisons harmoniques ou orchestrales.
  9. 9
    Rapport carburant/air du mélange qui alimente un moteur.
  10. 10
    Grands biens.
  11. 11
    Choses d’un grand prix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La richesse des Roudier et des Granoux exaspérait Aristide au point de lui faire perdre toute prudence.
  2. La société enrichie la veille par des spéculations, honnêtes ou non, joignait à ses richesses des titres nobiliaires ; chacun s'improvisait comte, marquis ou baron.

Antonyms

indigencepauvretépaucité

This word in other languages

wealth(English)riqueza(Español)Reichtum(Deutsch)riqueza(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irchesse
  • rcihesse
  • ricchesse
  • ricehsse
  • richese
  • richeses
  • richhesse
  • richsese
  • rihcesse
  • rrichesse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of richesse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

irchesse2rcihesse2ricchesse1ricehsse2richese1richeses2richhesse1richsese2
Edit distance from "richesse"

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 "richesse"?
"richesse" is spelled R-I-C-H-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ʃɛs\.
What does "richesse" mean?
As a noun, "richesse" means: Opulence ; abondance de biens.
What words are commonly confused with "richesse"?
"richesse" is commonly confused with "rocheuse", "richesses", "riches". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "richesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "richesse" is \ʁi.ʃɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "richesse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sensible#3,169probable#3,162priorité#3,161soutient#3,171

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

ramener10 variantspeuples10 variantsactrice10 variantsmissions10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list