enrichisvsenrichitTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#29,346
“enrichis” frequency rank
#17,702
“enrichit” frequency rank
47048
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: enrichis vs enrichit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. enrichis 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
enrichis
8 ch
enrichit

Same sound, different spelling - enrichis / enrichit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: enrichis 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 a single letter - s in “enrichis” becomes t in “enrichit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enrichis is recorded at frequency rank #29,346, 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 47048, this pair ranks #190,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enrichis vs enrichit

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

"enrichis" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "enrichit" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enrichis ← enirchis · ennrichis · enrcihis · enricchis · enrichhis · enrichiss · enrichsi · enricihs
  • enrichit ← enirchit · ennrichit · enrcihit · enricchit · enrichhit · enrichitt · enrichti · enriciht

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "enrichis" and "enrichit" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enrichis" is an adjective and "enrichit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "enrichis" or "enrichit"?
"enrichit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,702 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "enrichis" 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 #190,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enrichis" 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 #190,066 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