Which to use
“ich” is a pronoun and “IRD” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,841
- “ich” frequency rank
- #48,611
- “IRD” frequency rank
- 76452
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ich | IRD |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Je (première personne du singulier nominatif). | Établissement public à caractère scientifique et technologique (EPST) français, sous la tutelle des ministères chargés de la Recherche et de la Coopération, remplaçant l’Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer (ORSTOM). |
Letter map: ich vs IRD
Shared letters muted; letters that set ich and IRD apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. ich and IRD follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for ich / IRD
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ich is apronoun and IRDaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ich is recorded at frequency rank #27,841, classified as apron, pronounced \iːt͡ʃ\. IRD is at rank #48,611, tagged as aname.
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 76452, this pair ranks #31,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ich vs IRD
Shared letters: i. Private to "ich": ch. Private to "IRD": dr.
"ich" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "IRD" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ich" for "IRD" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ich" vs "IRD" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "ich" and "IRD". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ich" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "IRD" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ich" and "IRD" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "IRD vs isi". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #31,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.