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

#8,541
“enrichir” frequency rank
#17,702
“enrichit” frequency rank
26243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes enrichir and enrichit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. enrichir and enrichit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
enrichir
8 ch
enrichit

Why the eye confuses enrichir with enrichit

A purely visual mix-up. enrichir (\ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃiʁ\) and enrichit (\ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “enrichir” becomes t in “enrichit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enrichir is recorded at frequency rank #8,541, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃiʁ\. 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 26243, this pair ranks #336,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of enrichir vs enrichit

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

"enrichir" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "enrichit" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enrichir ← enirchir · ennrichir · enrcihir · enricchir · enrichhir · enrichirr · enrichri · enricihr
  • enrichit ← enirchit · ennrichit · enrcihit · enricchit · enrichhit · enrichitt · enrichti · enriciht

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "enrichir" and "enrichit" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃiʁ\ versus \ɑ̃.ʁi.ʃi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enrichir" or "enrichit"?
"enrichir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,541 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "enrichir" and "enrichit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enrichir" 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 #336,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enrichir" 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 #336,246 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