enrichivsenrichitConfusable pair

Quick tell: enrichi is a adjective, enrichit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“enrichi” is an adjective and “enrichit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,783
“enrichi” frequency rank
#17,702
“enrichit” frequency rank
31485
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enrichi enrichit
Definition Devenu riche. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de enrichir.

Same sound, different letters: enrichi vs enrichit

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

7 ch
enrichi
8 ch
enrichit

Homophone desk: enrichi vs enrichit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enrichi and enrichit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “enrichi” sits inside “enrichit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31485, 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\. enrichit is at rank #17,702, tagged as averb, 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 31485, this pair ranks #303,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enrichi vs enrichit

Shared letters: cehinr. Private to "enrichi": -. Private to "enrichit": t.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enrichi ← enirchi · ennrichi · enrcihi · enricchi · enrichhi · enricih · enrihci · enrrichi
  • enrichit ← enirchit · ennrichit · enrcihit · enricchit · enrichhit · enrichitt · enrichti · enriciht

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enrichi" for "enrichit" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enrichi" is an adjective and "enrichit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "enrichi" or "enrichit"?
"enrichi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,783 in our French list, against #17,702 for "enrichit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enrichi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enrichit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #303,514 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enrichi" and "enrichit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enrichies vs enrichit". 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 #303,514 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