Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enrichir" and "enrichit" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "enrichir" or "enrichit"?
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.