Which to use
“praise” and “praises” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,259
- “praise” frequency rank
- #14,813
- “praises” frequency rank
- 19072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | praise | praises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Commendation; favourable representation in words. | plural of praise |
Where the eye mixes praise and praises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: praise vs praises
A purely visual mix-up. praise (/pɹeɪz/) and praises (/ˈpɹeɪzɪz/) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “praise” sits inside “praises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
praise is recorded at frequency rank #4,259, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɹeɪz/. praises is at rank #14,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɹeɪzɪz/.
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 19072, this pair ranks #440,694 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of praise vs praises
Shared letters: aeiprs. Private to "praise": -. Private to "praises": -.
"praise" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "praises" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "praise" for "praises" ever safe?
Frequency check: "praise" vs "praises" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "praise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "praises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #440,694 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "praise" and "praises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Prairies vs praises". 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 #440,694 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.