richissime

\ʁi.ʃi.sim\

/\ʁi.ʃi.sim\/ adj

The verdict

“richissime” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,019
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très riche, riche à l'extrême.

Corpus desk

Index FR-richissime · richissime · French

richissime · rank #39,019 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,019
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retordre

Nearest frequency peer: retordre (-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 « richissime »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « richissime » 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
Key facts for richissime
PropertyValue
Headwordrichissime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁi.ʃi.sim\
Letters10
Frequency rank#39,019
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « richissime »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).richissimese 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 « retordre » (#39,018), « resserrement » (#39,017), « rosemary » (#39,021). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « richissime » est au #39,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around richissime (IPA \ʁi.ʃi.sim\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,019 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Très riche, riche à l'extrême.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for richissime, with forms such as "irchissime", "rcihissime", and "ricchissime". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 richissime, spelled R-I-C-H-I-S-S-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très riche, riche à l'extrême.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était superbe cet hôtel, acheté d'un richissime étranger, et il valait plus d'argent que toutes les terres et tous les châteaux du dernier des Scaër
  2. Rien de tel que ce château tout en plafonds peints et cheminées de marbre pour mesurer la folle ascension de son propriétaire : le richissime et tout-puissant duc d’Épernon.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irchissime
  • rcihissime
  • ricchissime
  • richhissime
  • richisime
  • richisisme
  • richissiem
  • richissimme
  • richissmie
  • richsisime
  • ricihssime
  • rihcissime
  • rrichissime

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of richissime - 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.

irchissime2rcihissime2ricchissime1richhissime1richisime1richisisme2richissiem2richissimme1
Edit distance from "richissime"

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 "richissime"?
"richissime" is spelled R-I-C-H-I-S-S-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ʃi.sim\.
What does "richissime" mean?
As an adjective, "richissime" means: Très riche, riche à l'extrême.
What are common misspellings of "richissime"?
Common misspellings include "irchissime", "rcihissime", "ricchissime", "richhissime", "richisime". The correct spelling is "richissime".
How do you pronounce "richissime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "richissime" is \ʁi.ʃi.sim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "richissime" come from?
"richissime" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list