enrichivsenrichisConfusable pair

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“enrichi” and “enrichis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,783
“enrichi” frequency rank
#29,346
“enrichis” frequency rank
43129
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enrichi enrichis
Definition Devenu riche. Masculin pluriel de enrichi.

Same sound, different letters: enrichi vs enrichis

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enrichi runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against enrichis's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
enrichi
8 ch
enrichis

Same sound, different spelling - enrichi / enrichis

This is the hard kind. enrichi and enrichis are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “enrichi” sits inside “enrichis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enrichi is recorded at frequency rank #13,783, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi\. enrichis is at rank #29,346, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 43129, this pair ranks #220,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enrichi vs enrichis

Shared letters: cehinr. Private to "enrichi": -. Private to "enrichis": s.

"enrichi" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "enrichis" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enrichi ← enirchi · ennrichi · enrcihi · enricchi · enrichhi · enricih · enrihci · enrrichi
  • enrichis ← enirchis · ennrichis · enrcihis · enricchis · enrichhis · enrichiss · enrichsi · enricihs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enrichi" and "enrichis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "enrichi" vs "enrichis" - which ranks higher?
"enrichi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,783 in our French list, against #29,346 for "enrichis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "enrichi" / "enrichis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enrichi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enrichis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #220,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enrichi" and "enrichis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrichies vs enrichis". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #220,397 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list