Which to use
“riche” is an adjective and “ricin” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,420
- “riche” frequency rank
- #40,967
- “ricin” frequency rank
- 42387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | riche | ricin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a beaucoup de fortune, qui possède de grands biens, de grandes richesses. | Grande plante vivace arborescente de la famille des Euphorbiacées, à fleurs unisexuelles et sans corolle, extrêmement toxique, dont les semences fournissent une huile employée comme purgatif et comme lubrifiant. |
Where the eye mixes riche and ricin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. riche (CVCCV) and ricin (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses riche with ricin
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: riche is \ʁiʃ\ while ricin is \ʁi.sɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
riche is recorded at frequency rank #1,420, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁiʃ\. ricin is at rank #40,967, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁi.sɛ̃\.
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 42387, this pair ranks #226,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of riche vs ricin
Shared letters: cir. Private to "riche": eh. Private to "ricin": n.
"riche" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "ricin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "riche" and "ricin" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "riche" vs "ricin" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "riche" and "ricin" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "riche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ricin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "riche" and "ricin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ricin vs Rimini". 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 #226,016 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.