enrichiesvsenrichitWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#46,147
“enrichies” frequency rank
#17,702
“enrichit” frequency rank
63849
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enrichies enrichit
Definition Féminin pluriel de enrichi. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de enrichir.

Same sound, different letters: enrichies vs enrichit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enrichies runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against enrichit's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
enrichies
8 ch
enrichit

Same sound, different spelling - enrichies / enrichit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enrichies 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63849, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enrichies is recorded at frequency rank #46,147, 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 63849, this pair ranks #79,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enrichies vs enrichit

Shared letters: cehinr. Private to "enrichies": s. Private to "enrichit": t.

"enrichies" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC  ·  "enrichit" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enrichies ← enirchies · ennrichies · enrcihies · enricchies · enricheis · enrichhies · enrichiess · enrichise
  • enrichit ← enirchit · ennrichit · enrcihit · enricchit · enrichhit · enrichitt · enrichti · enriciht

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enrichies" for "enrichit" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enrichies" is an adjective and "enrichit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "enrichies" vs "enrichit" - which ranks higher?
"enrichit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,702 in our French list, against #46,147 for "enrichies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"enrichies" and "enrichit" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enrichies" 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 #79,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enrichies" and "enrichit" 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 #79,908 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