risen

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The verdict

“risen” is uncommon German (frequency #80,855 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,855
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs rise

Corpus desk

Index DE-risen · risen · German

risen · rank #80,855 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,855
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Riemenschneid…

Nearest frequency peer: Riemenschneider (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „risen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „risen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for risen
PropertyValue
Headwordrisen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,855
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „risen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).risenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Riemenschneider“ (#80,854), „Risikokapital“ (#80,856), „Richteramt“ (#80,853). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „risen“ bei #80,855. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

risen is uncommon German at frequency #80,855 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs rise".

No misspelling variants are generated for risen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is risen, spelled R-I-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs rise

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "risen"?
"risen" is spelled R-I-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "risen" mean?
As a verb, "risen" means: Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs rise
How do you pronounce "risen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "risen" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "risen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

salma#80,877puppy#80,813selle#80,918plein#80,791

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list